Bookmarks accumulating again

So here we go!
•Working on eHow, I’ve frequently been frustrated by discovering relevant papers I have to subscribe to. This article discusses why that is, and why it’s bad.
•Echidne of the Snake explains why the free market isn’t making healthcare more efficient.
•It’s easy to think we were better off 50 years ago if you’re not, say, a black woman. Related blog posts of mine here, here and here.
•This Hathor Legacy post discusses why stock minority characters are a bigger problem than stock white male characters. I touch on the same thing (but not as well) here.
•The US has a new bird species … that may already be extinct.
•Good news: A genocidal dictator we backed for years in Guatemala may be coming to trial. Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald discusses some examples of American jurisprudence.