I loved the comment by a doctor on The Today Show who said, “Take the goofy masks off. They don’t do anything.”

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Can anyone tell me why newspapers require full identification for a letter to the editor but they’ll let people say almost anything in their online comments anonymously? I thought the comments on the Abilene Reporter-News website were bad; but the last couple days I’ve been reading some articles in the Commercial Appeal. Apparently you can say anything there without having your comment pulled — as long as you don’t use profanity.

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With over 10,000 iPhone applications, it’s impossible to keep up with what’s out there. So here’s a chance for you iPhone users to tell us about a cool one or two that you’ve been using.

I really like TwitterFon, Showtimes, SportsTap, NYTimes, AroundMe and Keynote Remote.

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“This is wonderful news. I do not have to choose between the Sermon on the Mount and the magnolia trees. God can come to me by a still pool on the big island of Hawaii as well as at the altar of the Washington National Cathedral. The House of God stretches from one corner of the universe to the other.” Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith