The Real World Comes to Harvard Dateline: Starbucks, Boca Raton

Both the Crimson and the Globe report on Harvard's newly proposed "real world" curriculum. Without having had the chance to read the report yet, I'll withhold comment....

Meanwhile, I love this story of what happens when a mainstream reporter for a hidebound news organization stumbles into the blogosphere. Jay Carney is a fine reporter (and a friend of mine), but he goofed this one pretty badly.... And as I can tell you, one of the great things about writing a blog is how quickly people will tell you when you screw up—and one of the prerequisites for the job is knowing when to admit that you're wrong.

Finally, here's an amazing story about killer whales—you can never get enough good killer whale stories—hunting in a pack. What were they hunting? Stingrays. While one whale pinned them down, the others tore them apart. And two divers saw the whole thing....  ¶ 7:54 AM