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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

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This explains so many questions about the new Amazon Kindle Lending Library: why it has so few books, why you can only browse the books from your Kindle, and why you can only check out one title per month.

PW has learned that the overwhelming majority of publishers with titles featured in the program …

Can a simple accessory change your life? I guess it depends on how easily the course of your life is altered. But this M-Edge Kindle 2 case did change my life in a minor way. Nothing earth shattering. I haven’t discovered a new direction, found new motivation, or rededicated myself to the assistance of aged grandmothers caring for bewildered orphans. On the other hand, I do read my Kindle far, far more than I used to.

Do not think of the Kindle as replacing the book. Bury that thought. Bury it deep. Then go and hold a favorite book in your hand. Enjoy. Then pile 50 of your favorite books and carry them with you all day, through airports, onto airplanes, checking into hotels, sitting in meetings, reading in …

I admit. I’m still intrigued by Sarah Palin. I’m not convinced that she’s the blithering idiot that so many of my peers see. Nor am I convinced that she’s the great conservative / libertarian hope that many others see. But I’m definitely intrigued by anyone who can attract as much attention as she has attracted.

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The main advantage of the Kindle over the iPhone is actually the fact that it’s not a phone; do you realize how high you jump when you’re sitting in a quiet place deeply into a horror novel, and right at the scariest part, the damn thing RINGS at you?!