1.) To find out more about the pure powerpop of Fountains of Wayne (and "Red Dragon Tattoo," perhaps the world's greatest pop song), go to http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home
2.) To keep an eye on what is going on with the environment in the Bush White House, go to http://www.bushgreenwatch.org
3.) To find out why Highland Park, New Jersey is the best little borough in New Jersey, go to http://hpboro.com
4.) To find out how to get involved in the campaign for women's rights as human rights, go to the website for the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers, directed by Charlotte Bunch, http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/index.html
5.) Want to pretend like you are an American expatriot living in France? Check out http://www.expatica.com
6.) The best contemporary French chanteur: sans doubt, Vincent Delerm.
7.) If you love to cry, listen to a beautiful contemporary song about absence, longing, life and death by Francis Cabrel, "Les gens absent".
8.) The most moving book I've read in the past year: Michael Cunningham's A Home at the End of the World (New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990)
9.) Why, despite my advanced age, I can't resist belting out the lyrics to "Today"by the Smashing Pumpkins....
10.) Visit www.theopinionmill.com for one smart blogger's selection of recent political news coverage.
11.) Listen to Carla Bruni, "Quelqu'un m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore."
12.) Best of history websites, a portal to the best history on the web for k-12 history students (and beyond), http://www.besthistorysites.net/
13.) Connectforkids.org a useful clearing house of information for those interested in children, policy and activism
14.) SAVE RUTGERS! Visit the Rutgers 20/20 website.