Yesterday the blogosphere erupted with links to an exceptionally touching autobiographical radio piece by Howard Dully, who in 1960 became first patient in the US to receive a transorbital lobotomy. He was a 12 year old boy.

It’s an entirely unique experience, to hear a lobotomy victim share his story. To feel the delicate honesty of a voice that finally assembles the courage to research his tragic past. A secret history that he has, for 40 years, been afraid to address. At the forefront of his saga are the feelings of inadequacy, for obvious reasons; a struggle that haunts him every day of his life.

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the hallways of some California high schools, where school cafeteria bans on junk food have created a black market for cookies and chips. Jennifer Obakhume, a senior at Inglewood High School in Los Angeles, reported on the trend for NPR’s Morning Edition yesterday.