First Krauthammer, Now Santorum?? Santorum feels less strongly against intelligent design than Krauthammer, but Santorum says, "I think I would probably tailor that a little more than what the president has suggested. I'm not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom." Chocolate Thunder, your theory is proving true much sooner than I expected!!

Textbook Time: As I mentioned to a number of people, I get all the books I can from half.com, and that has worked excellently for me. But check out this lame deal I just read about: "It turns out that Princeton University is getting ready to offer students digitized text books complete with heavy-handed copy protection, and it's done in such a way to make it nearly useless. Among the features of the copy protection: the textbook must be read on the computer it was downloaded to, it cannot be burned to a CD or copied anywhere, only small passages can be printed, the textbook expires after five months and the book is not returnable and cannot be resold. The benefit, besides not having to lug around a heavy textbook, is a 33% discount. However, that's not a very compelling offer for a variety of reasons. The biggest, of course, is the inability to resell the textbook. The entire textbook market practically lives off of the resale value of the books. That's why they can be priced so high. Students know they can recoup some of that money at the end. For those who would actually like to keep their books, obviously this deal is completely useless. Then, everything else makes this offering less useful than a traditional textbook. Imagine the student whose computer breaks and their textbooks are gone. Copy protection makes the product much less valuable -- a lot more than the 33% discount the company is providing. And, of course, that 33% discount is a steal for the publisher, who has almost no marginal cost in producing, storing and transporting the book. The entire offering seems premised on the idea that buyers are stupid and won't consider these limitations. Certainly, some won't think it through, but here's hoping that Princeton's students are bit sharper than that. Update: Thanks to Ed Felten for pointing out that this isn't Princeton University, but an independent bookstore serving Princeton University students."