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Random bits for Thursday

* Very funny LeBron commercial. “Akron, Ohio, baby!” http://bit.ly/3x7EBB
* WSJ: White House Czar Calls for End to War on Drugs. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html
* Malcolm Gladwell doesn’t know crap about hoops. He uses Pitino to make an argument, but ignores his Boston fail. http://tinyurl.com/dyzs2p
* New live David Byrne EP to benefit Amnesty Int’l: http://tinyurl.com/p4o3l3
* New Wilco record is streaming. Other than three good songs, it’s Pablo Cruise. http://beta.wilcoworld.net/records/thealbum/
* A sociologist fires back at dim lawmakers: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/05/2009050101c.htm.
* As a sociologist, I’m embarrassed by this post at an ASA blog: http://tinyurl.com/oug2rd
* Great story from last week’s NYT Magazine on life in the Dutch welfare state. I’m jealous. http://tinyurl.com/c64ef4