There is a fairly standard Science Fiction plot device where certain events are removed from memory with a simple injection. In the context of the story, we just accept this and wait to see what happens next. We accept many things in stories that couldn't really happen. But then again...
OK, so it's not quite the erasing of memory, but it's not Science Fiction, either.
Doctors are investigating the use of drugs to lessen the force of traumatic memories. This is, of course, a controversial idea as we are, to a large degree, the sum of our experiences.
I am, generally speaking, in favor of expanding human understanding and opposed to allowing fear to rule science, but I must say that it would seem that this is an area of research where we need to tread very carefully.

"While it may be an insignificant gesture, we stand against these distortions and for the restoration of a civil political dialogue."

Honorees of The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's National Design Awards declined the invitation to the celebratory breakfast at the White House with the First Lady.

While we have diverse political beliefs, we are united in our rejection of these policies. Through the wide-scale distortion of words (from "Healthy Forests" to "Mission Accomplished") and both the manipulation of media (the photo op) and its suppression (the hidden war casualties), the Bush administration has demonstrated disdain for the responsible use of mass media, language and the intelligence of the American people.

[via kottke remaindered]

"hold me when you think of me"

I just don't even know what to think of this.

[via we make money not art]