del.icio.us links May 8th-18th

Excerpt: Zakaria’s “The Post-American World” | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com – I’ve enjoyed Zakaria’s writings in Newsweek over the years. I think this book will be on my summer reading list.
McCain urges UK-style sessions for U.S. president | Politics | Reuters -
Return of the Cellphones-in-Class Question – Pogue?s Posts – Technology – New York Times Blog – I agree with the writer’s overall position–banning cellphones is ineffective and further shows the gap between schools and 21st century learning. I’d love for CHS to find a way to embrace these advances
Eyes Only: [redacted] – Fascinating article from the Post on the National Security Archive, a group that uses Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain thousands of interesting (and semi-”secret”) documents from the government.
If It Tastes Good, It’s in Charlottesville – washingtonpost.com – Nice review of some C’ville restaurants in the Washington Post. We do have some great options for a town of 40,000.
For Russia, a Second Center of Power – washingtonpost.com – Always interesting to see the transition of power in Russia.