A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found while more people are reading blogs, the percentage creating them grew more slowly. And a large majority of American Internet users still don't know what they are (?!?!).

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This AP story (carried by CTV.ca) tells how U.S. newspapers are getting edgier in their visuals than television -- which must worry about offending people while being guests in their living room.

This NYT piece talks about some of the nutty nonsense being sprewed in blogs over the tsunami crisis,  but also provides evidence that in a free-speech environment, reason does stand a fightin' chance.

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A.O. Scott, chief film critic for the NYT, has proclaimed Sideways the most over-rated movie of 2004. But actually, he likes the film; it's his fellow critics he's really targeting.

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In this NYT commentary, author Simon Singh notes it is the centennary of Albert Einstein's birth year, which was 1905. As he notes, being a genius doesn't mean the same as being perfect.

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