Update II (3/27): From the Townhall.com review of An Army of Davids:
Reynolds provides a wide range of examples how new technologies empower individuals, from helping amateur musicians distribute their online music to the masses without record companies to allowing private citizens to respond to terrorist attacks and disasters better and more efficiently than the government.
New technologies can and are used for nefarious purposes, too. An Army of Davids covers such abuses as terrorists engaging in cyber warfare and the possibility that nanotechnology, (“manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular levelâ€), a topic Reynolds blogs about frequently, could be used as “disease†agents or that nanobots could “hide out in people’s brains.†(hat tip to Michael Crichton!). The positive aspect of nanotechnology is its potential to repair cells damaged by radiation or destroy cancer cells or deliver oxygen to the brain to protect from drowning. The possibilities – and abuses – are endless.
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I’m out the door and will be on the Treo for most of the day. While I’m gone, turn your attention to these book reviews:
- Review of An Army of Davids in the context of “Rathergate” at the CBS PublicEye blog.
- Review of Raising Boys Without Men at Townhall.com (housemaker will be changed to read homemaker – minor nitpick)
- Next week I’ll have a different version of the Davids review at Townhall. The book is filled with so many great ideas and potential article spin-offs.
Update (3:08 p.m.): So you guys aren’t interested in discussing my fabulous book reviews, huh? OK. Fine. Have a good weekend anyway. 
Later…One more thing. I’ll have something to say about blogger and writer Ben Domenech (whom I’ve “known” and liked for a while – still do), who resigned as the Washington Post’s conservative blogger after he was accused of plagiarism. I’ve been out of the loop today. Everyone is blogging about. For more info, visit Decision ’08, Obsidian Wings, Daily Pundit…
Even later…Ben responds.
(Update 3/25): Good grief. This thing is in the NYT.
