Archive for June 2011
New York City’s “Department of Moral Guidance”
New Yorker covers are usually very good, but this week’s is especially so. The drawing, by Bruce McCall, is called “Moral Guidance”. It depicts three New Yorkers in stocks – for offences of smoking, salt and carbs. Across the bottom, it says “NYC Department of Moral Guidance – No Feeding Backsliders”. By coincidence, Brendan O’Neill writes on a […]
This week’s articles of note
“The end of history man,” Financial Times [Francis Fukuyama interviewed by Martin Wolf] “The future of innovation: can America keep pace?” Time, by Fareed Zakaria “Excuses, excuses: a litany of special factors exposes the recovery’s fragility,” The Economist “Everything you’ve heard about fossil fuels may be wrong,” Salon, by Michael Lind “Where’s the panic button on this […]
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