We might not know what to do about health care, and maybe we ignored the risks of derivatives and pretended not to see the housing bubble and told ourselves that Titanic was really the best picture of that year, whatever year it was.

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Michael Rosenberg: Get ready for intrigue, drama, upsets; it's NCAA tournament time (Sports Illustrated)

Ghabuntu: "Aside from the book Open Source Licensing and Intellectual Property, there are other freely available books that will enrich your knowledge and understanding of the concept of Free Software and Open Source. The following are 5 of such books that are worth your time."

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5 open source and free software books that are worth your time (Linux Today)

Susan Inman's memoir is a must read for any family faced with schizophrenia, and for our health system, too.

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'After Her Brain Broke' (in Tyee Books) (The Tyee)

A rare copy of the first comic book to feature Superman is sold on the internet for $1m (£646,000).

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Rare copy of the first Superman comic sold for $1m (BBC News)

Antitrust lawyer and Open Book Alliance leader Gary Reback has been called the “antitrust champion” and the “protector of the marketplace” by the National Law Journal, and has been at the forefront of many of the most important antitrust cases of the last three decades. He is one of the most vocal opponents of the Google Books settlement

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Gary Reback: Why the Technology Sector Should Care About Google Books (TechCrunch)

CHICAGO -- A small pre-dawn earthquake hit northern Illinois early Wednesday morning, startling sleepy-eyed residents as far away as Iowa and Indiana, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit about 50 miles northwest of Chicago at 4 a.m

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Rare earthquake rattles northern Illinois (The Washington Times)

While at a museum recently, I stopped to admire a rare Parian pitcher. Manufactured in the 19th century by Vermont's United States Pottery Company (a forerunner of Bennington Potters), the piece was the only known version of their popular Niagara Falls pitcher done in color.

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Collector's Corner: Pottery Types (AuctionBytes)

Short-term stock market swings are poorly correlated with long-term economic trends. There are many instances in the record books when slow growth is associated with rising share prices.

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Financial Times FT.com (Financial Times)

Alibris announced it has joined online retailer Buy.com's retail marketplace. Buy.com customers now have direct access to 2.9 million new, hard-to-find, collectible, and used books in the Alibris catalog, with millions more books available later this year. Alibris marketplace includes a network of thousands of independent booksellers worldwide.

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Alibris to Offer New, Rare, and Used Books on Buy.com (AuctionBytes)

By most accounts, the Bible and the Koran are the two best-selling books of all time. 40% of the U.S. population attends church services at least once a week

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God's PR Problem: The Role of Religion in Videogames (GameSpy)