Pre-Holiday Tidbits

• Accessing the myths and the realities
  behind obesity related illness and deaths. The exaggeration and the fear of fat in America.
  
  
• Club Owner burns club to prove fire safety.
  
  
• Speaking of fire, Bush wanted to bomb Arabic television station Al Jazeera. How’s that for free speech? Via Americablog.
  
  
• The British and the American views of C. S. Lewis portray two very different men.
  
  
• A history of plagiarism. Via Book Ninja.