This week’s articles of note
“Media meltdown,” Cosmos, by Wilson da Silva
“Man vs. wild: what Japan’s disaster can teach us about American politics,” The New Republic, by John Judis
“The UN’s high stakes gamble in Libya,” Foreign Policy, by Marc Lynch
“Middle East unrest: could it lead to stagflation?”, Slate, by Nouriel Roubini
Libya: how the West just made things worse
Sean Collins reports from New York on how the UN’s green light for military action may wreck any hope of freedom for the people of Libya.
You can read my spiked article in full here.
US and West declare war on Libya: it just got much, much worse
I came home tonight and found that the US and the other Western powers had just launched another war in the Middle East. Add Libya to Afghanistan and Iraq.
A few hours ago the United Nations Security Council voted to authorize military action against the Libya regime led by Colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi. The authorization extends beyond the ...
Japan and the world economy
Stock markets around the world tumbled again today, roiled by the continuing crisis in Japan, as well as other factors, such as the uprisings in the Middle East. Does this mean that Japan’s disaster will have a hugely negative impact on the world economy, as well as its own? No. ...
Greens are against nuclear – and all other forms of energy
In the wake of the Japan disaster, environmentalists are rolling out their anti-nuclear arguments again. But as Alex Berezow, editor of Real Clear Science, points out, greens are “trying to eliminate all the other alternatives as well”.
Oil drilling is ...
Narcissistic Americans scare-monger about nuclear power at home
We all watch as the disaster in Japan continues to unfold. The loss of life and destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami are terrible, while the stories of the Japanese people coping are both heartbreaking and impressive. Now there is the threat of a substantial release of radiation, with ...
This week’s articles of note
“The case for a no-fly zone,” The New York Times, by Nicholas Kristof
“Oil and unrest,” Foreign Affairs, by Edward L. Morse
“Is China next?” The Wall Street Journal, by Francis Fukuyama
“Freaks, geeks and GDP: why hasn’t the Internet helped the American economy grow as much as economists ...
NPR: talk of “uneducated” Americans is the real outrage
An embarrassing video has led the Chief Executive of NPR (National Public Radio) to resign. Vivian Schiller offered her resignation a day after a conservative film-maker released a video that captured an NPR fund-raiser talking to people pretending to be donors from ...
Debate how to hire, not fire, teachers
With thousands of teachers’ jobs on the chopping block across the country, there is a vigorous debate over how to implement layoffs in a “fair” way.
At issue in New York and other states is the policy of LIFO, “last in, first out”. Seniority is the determining factor. There are calls from ...
This week’s articles of note
“Are America’s best days behind us?” Time, by Fareed Zakaria
“Are Americans ready for democracy?” Big Think, by Firouz Folani
“How Rumsfeld misleads and ducks responsibility in his new book,” Foreign Policy, by Bob Woodward
“Broke town, USA,” The New York Times Magazine, by Roger Lowenstein
“Twitter was Act ...
