This heartbreaking op-ed by Yossi Sarid, left-winger and former Knesset member and Israeli minister of education. Including the following quotes: The cabinet ministers arrive urgently and they are all worked up - we can no longer accept, there is a limit to everything, this time we will teach the bastards a lesson they will never forget. The senior officers, faces grim, huddle among themselves, spread out maps and bend over them, running a finger across the Green Line, the Purple Line and all the lines in the world, which must now unavoidably be crossed and hit. I don't remember any introspection, because at these moments the blood boils and goes to the head and blinds the eyes. On several occasions I suggested that consultations not be held and decisions not be made on the day of the disaster itself, because the day of the disaster is always prone to a…

There was a new flurry of "Do Not Call" list deadline emails going around, so I googled and found this page thanks to the "urban legends" section of About.com. The key debunks are: Contrary to the e-mail, cell phone numbers are NOT being released to telemarketers, and you will NOT soon be getting telemarketing calls on your cell phone. There is NO deadline by which you must register your cell phone number on the Registry. ... There is only ONE DNC Registry. There is no separate registry for cell phones. More from donotcall.gov.

Just posted this entry on personaldemocracy.com. Four different NYT articles in last day talk about the growing complexity - and legitimacy - of Internet asylums co-managed by the inmates, i.e., where audiences and consumers are the co-creators: Annoying but interesting Katie Hafner article on Wikipedia needing to shut a few entries for editing sometimes. (With a soupcon of unnecessary mainstream media smirkiness: "Wikipedia isn't a utopia??!! Horrors! Make Macaulay Culkin face!!") Shoe guru turns customers into product development footsoldiers. Great profile on how Ze made a comedy video from a script his readers wiki-wrote. And Star Trek Lives! :) in new live-action adventures shot, produced and shared online by fans. I promise, I'd blog less about The Times if the Romenesko newsletter dropped in my inbox at 3 a.m.! What better time to blog then when I should be packing for my trip to Morocco. Note to self: more travel…