These nations are arranged in a certain order: South Korea, Turkey, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Japan, Italy, Spain,...
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I have claimed before that civil society is a fragile thing. I’ll add to that that the...
Concerning disaster porn and the publication of disasters.
via Anna Nemtsova at the Daily Beast
I have a piece up at the Atlantic called “What’s Really Behind the Ever-Rising Cost of Raising...
In no particular order, here are some songs with the words “ordinary” or “time” in them:
It’s tough for me to sit back and watch the immigration reform discussion currently taking place in...
The sickle cell trait. It’s often given by biologists as an example of balancing selection, which is...
From BlaiseP’s recent obituary of Kenneth Waltz: Da Vinci once said “Although nature commences with reason and...
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...
My good friend Brandon Foose has pointed out to me that the Olympics has decided to end its...
Is there any possible way to justify putting a cap on CEO pay? Should we be having...
Using very simple language, can anyone explain what exactly is going on with Java/DHS/Microsoft/Google/#”the terrorists” and why...
Jason asks: “What are your predictions?” In the spirit of the early League, I’ll frame mine in...
Bill McKibben has a piece up at TomDispatch. He makes some good points, despite a clear disrespect...
I strongly believe that a thousand years from now, when the anthropologists of future civilizations study our...
This story and the potential for change it brings excites me more than the #funemployment hippie* party,...
LEFT: Yogurt is comprised of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacilli such as bulgaricus, acidophilus, casei, and rhamnosis. In...
And now on to the more important matters of ballot initiatives. In general last night’s results lead...
