This week’s articles of note
“Demography vs. geography: understanding the political future,” The American, by Joel Kotkin
“‘People want to be part of the story,’” Financial Times. Simon Schama interviews Arianna Huffington
“Jamie Dimon: America’s least-hated banker,” The New York Times Magazine, by Roger Lowenstein
“The crisis of the American intellectual,” The American Interest, ...
NASA’s amazing discovery of alien life – in California
When NASA announced last week that it had a new discovery “which would impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life,” the media clamored for details. But when the space agency finally unveiled the news that it had found alien life in the form of a microbe with previously-unknown DNA that that ...
Palin: a creation of the liberal-left
I have argued for some time that the prominence of Sarah Palin reflects mainly liberals’ fascination with her (see here) .
Liberals have obsessively followed this ex-governor, ex-VP candidate, and consequently built her up into something more than ...
This week’s articles of note
“What does it mean to be a liberal today?” The Independent. Sarah Boyes interviews Frank Furedi
“Things fall apart,” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead
“The doom boom: religious roots of environmental Armageddon,” Chronicle of Higher Education, by Michael Ruse
“Africa needs aid, not flawed theories,” Wall Street ...
People would rather see celebrities “dead” than donate to AIDS charity
The “Digital Death” campaign from AIDS charity “Keep a Child Alive” has got to be one of the most sanctimonious celebrity campaigns ever. It is also turning out to be one of the biggest ...
Jon Stewart: stop the Wikileaks “drama”
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10cDiane Ravitch responds to Bill Gates
Bill Gates has spent a lot of his money in support of trendy school reforms, and education historian Diane Ravitch has become recognized as probably his most articulate opponent in this area. In an interview with the Washington ...
Too much vitamin D, or not enough? Yes
Today’s New York Times front page has a story with the headline “Extra vitamin D and calcium aren’t necessary, report says”. It refers to a report from an expert committee, which the Times says finds:
The very high levels of vitamin D that are often recommended by doctors and testing laboratories – ...
Are Wikileaks and its media mouthpieces being played?
I was not impressed with the earlier Wikileaks revelations (as I wrote about in spiked here), and the latest batch haven’t led me to change my mind.
As before, this is a big dump. This time it mostly consists of mundane proceedings, embarrassing personal remarks and confirmations about things we already knew. As Frank Furedi argues in today’s spiked, ...
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
This is a live recording from Benny Goodman’s famous, triumphant concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Goodman was the first jazz musician to perform at Carnegie Hall. And this one ...
