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Hey! It's prime time and I'm at home watching TV! Awesome!

times/life

Apparently Americans will be driving a lot this summer. Cute gas station photo.

( Newfoundland, air travel, Prius, Olympics. )

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Dave Eggers thinks colleges should institute a community service requirement.

Second, college is largely about fulfilling requirements, isn't it? Students have to complete this much work in the sciences, that much work in the arts. Incoming freshmen accept a tacit contract, submitting to the wisdom of the college's founders and shapers, who decide which experiences are necessary to create a well-rounded scholar, one ready to make a contribution to the world. But while colleges give their students the intellectual tools for life beyond campus, they largely ignore the part about how they might contribute to the world. That is, until the commencement speech, at which time all the "go forth's" and "be helpful's" happen.

( More opinions: American outlooks, anonymous sourcing, electronic voting. )

a few more links

Teenage suicide bombers.

Freeing the press in South Korea.

Outsourcing prayers to India.

Police departments that tape interrogations come to appreciate it.

Bush asks the Vatican for help.

Sgt. Frank T. Carvill, R.I.P.