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A kick-ass chart by Elizabeth on the participation of mothers in the work force over time.

Sorry it's not on-line, but if you get a subscription to the New Yorker, there's a lovely personal history of a guy with Asperger's. In it, he points out a website, Aspies for Freedom, that promotes neuro-diversity and the autistic culture. They say that autism is not a disability, instead it is a super ability.

We've talked about Lexus lanes before on this blog. Now they're coming to New York City. Bloomberg is instituting a "congestion pricing plan." Cars and trucks entering lower Manhattan during rush hour will be charged $8. Setting up this system with all its cameras and billing systems will cost $536 million. Wouldn't that money be better spent on mass transportation to make riding into the city more attractive?