PressRelease here WikiLeaks releases a trove of U.S. diplomatic cables from 1978 Mashable! by Stan Schroeder WikiLeaks has released more than half a million U.S. diplomatic cables from 1978, the whistleblower website has announced. Despite NSA leaks, many Americans haven’t changed their privacy settings Mashable! by Louise Roug Contrary to the view that people have “nothing … Read more
Why the Peer Review Process Works Even When It Doesn’t Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology by Carole McGranahan [Savage Minds is pleased to publish this essay by Alan Kaiser as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Alan is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville. He has published on issues of Roman culture in Spain, … Read more
Labor unrest on Everest is older than you might think from FP Passport by Marya Hannun The thin air and vertiginous slopes that exist at 20,000-plus feet above sea level on Mount Everest may not make for the ideal battleground — but they certainly make for a captivating one. So on April 27, when … Read more
ALA Announces Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012 from Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released a list of the most banned books in 2012. Scholastic’s Captain Underpants series topped the list. The Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says a total of 464 challenges were reported in 2012. … Read more
Killing Peer Review Can the social Web produce a “killer app” that would do away with the traditional editorial process at scholarly journals? more When a cadre of international scientific research powerhouses announced last month that they were teaming up to create a top-shelf, peer-reviewed free journal in the medical and life sciences fields, some … Read more