I will be the first to admit while it didn’t take me a long time to sign up and start networking with friends on Twitter, it has taken me a long time to understand the true power of the website. When I first started using it I saw it as a networking and communication tool. […] I will be the first to admit while it didn’t take me a long time to sign up and start networking with friends on Twitter, it has taken me a long time to understand the true power of the website.

What we’re reading on Monday morning.In a statement reported in Monday’s New York Times, a producer for the planned Broadway production of “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” confirmed that work on the musical had been suspended due to “an unexpected cash flow problem.” The estimated $40 million musical, which had been scheduled to open at the Hilton Theater in early 2010, was to be directed by Julie Taymor and feature music by Bono and the Edge from U2.The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on

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Where do the neo-conservatives go to get fair discussion of the issues? To find “genuine intellectual curiosity”? The Daily Show , of course. Jon Stewart , “ America’s Most Trusted Newsman ,” appears to be enjoying the similar acclaim from the Right these days. Neo-con Cliff May tells New York ’s Daily Intel, that while initially hesitant to do a Daily Show interview, he had one of the best discussions of his life with Stewart when he appeared on the show back in May.

(ChattahBox) — So why are the likes of John Bolton, William Kristol, speaking up about why they are fans of Jon Stewart and his ‘The Daily Show?’ It’s quite simple really, but a concept that has escaped the hosts of many so called news shows these days.  Speakers just want a chance to have their views heard from someone that is truly listening, and maybe even get treated with respect as a guest. Former Republican Party spokesman and national-security hawk Cliff May, tells New York Magazine : Stewart has “genuine intellectual curiosity,” he said.

Today’s idea: Health care faces a threat from oil — and not just the deep-frying variety. Medicine’s dependence on fossil fuels and inevitable higher oil prices will give the American health system a shock, an article says: “Think massive heart attack.” ReutersNo trans fats here, but unhealthy to health care nonetheless.Medicine | Petroleum gets pretty much zero attention in the debate over fixing health care, writes Judith D. Schwartz in Miller-McCune magazine.