Link Salad For A Rainy Day

It's raining in Chicago, and, after seven or eight days of (record-breaking but completely unrelated to global warming) 80-degree weather (I lost count, frankly), the temperatures are cooling down. We're expecting a high today of 70 and to barely get into the 60s tomorrow. (Of course, both those numbers are well above average for late March in Chicago.) Now that the weather report is over, have some links.

A) Not sure I entirely agree with this article, but food for thought: Top 10 Lessons of the Iraq War.

B) The title says it all: This is why we invest in science.

C) From Turkey, a device that puts conventional wheelchairs to shame.

D) Presented without comment: The Forgotten History of (Religious) Gay Marriage.