Eve of the 4th
...and trying to figure out whether to face the highways this weekend. At any rate, will probably not be blogging for a few days. The weekly update will probably be combined into next week's but meanwhile, the most interesting things out there this week:

Whatever happened to Max Cleland? The defeated Ga. senator is bitter about the state of American government. In Wash. Post.

Picking workers' pockets NYT's Bob Herbert on new proposed labor regs eliminating overtime for many workers.

How to keep up on news about search engines and comparisions, article in LLRX.

Re-thinking objectivity fascinating article in Columbia Journalism Review.

What presidents did on the Fourth of July Every president, every year. Impressive project by an AU librarian.

Article discussing value of online news archives in Searcher magazine.

marinas.com has a searchable database of marinas around the world.

The National Map from USGS, has nationwide geospatial data, including infrastructure data. Straight to the map viewer.

Geodata.gov new govt site for acquiring maps and map data.

Postmaster Finder finds all post offices and postmasters since 1986, and many from before that, going back many years in some cases.
Happy Independence Day!