Using Social Media for Positive Change

Mashable has a couple of articles on this topic, mentioning social media for social causes. This is the first one which lists a number of sites under the headings Get Informed, Get Involved, Take a Stand, and Take Action. In another post, they highlight five organizations. This is the beginning of a series called the Summer of Social Good.

Evangelical Proselytization in the Military

Ed Brayton posts a moving letter that was one of tens of thousands sent to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). I had no idea that things were this out of hand, and almost no one is talking about it. Our soldiers deserve all the rights of the people they defend, and not being forced into a religion is one of those rights.

Roger Cohen answers Questions on Iran

In this article Roger Cohen of the New York Times answers readers' questions about Iran. Valuable information and point of view.

Paul Krugman on the Climate Change Bill

This is a strongly-worded denouncement of global-warming deniers. Well worth the read. He also has the data on global warming here. Matthew Yglesias has a post on a similar topic.

Diversity of Iranian Protesters

David Corn in this article has correspondence from an Iranian that not all of the protesters are Mousavi supporters.

To Cult or Not to Cult

This brief article makes some excellent points about people in cults uncritically accepting the words of their religious authority, and adds that many people in more mainstream religions are guilty of the same thing. I want to stress she is not talking about any one religion.

History of the Iranian Revolution

Good article discussing the history of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the reasons for the current wave of discontent.