Rand reviews this year's happenings in space policy: launch failures, budget issues, a reusable launch vehicle program, and private space initiatives, to name a few.

Greg Egan has a collection of short stories available online now. [via Boing Boing]

Julian has a nice analysis of Bush vs. Hussein from a game theory perspective. [via A Voyage to Arcturus]

The Rael Deal: Susan Palmer of the Dawson College Religion Department gives a detailed background of the Raelians. They are in the spotlight this week with their claims of a successful birth of a cloned child and, judging from Palmer's article, are probably basking in it. [via A Voyage to Arcturus]