Visiting Heaven
Eban Alexander has journeyed to heaven and returned to tell the tale. In addition to writing an upcoming book, he chose to publish his private revelation in the pages of Newsweek. He’s a neurosurgeon,...
Tagged: newsweek
The Evolving Nature of the News Beast
I agree with Paul Krugman when he writes, “We know what Ferguson is going to do…But what is Newsweek going to do?” While the immediate controversy surrounded a less than esteemed Ivy League Professor...
In Which I Dissect One Harvard Professor’s Tabloid Cover Story (…At Length)
I won’t waste time giving you the context. Niall Ferguson wrote the cover story for Newsweek’s August 19th issue. It is an affront to sound reasoning, intellectual curiosity, and charitable discourse. Here’s why.
There’s a Storm Coming…Or How a Harvard Prof Digs His Own Intellectual Grave
I am looking forward to watching how this develops over the week. There are, to me, at least three interesting things going on here.
Preparing for the Worst
The funniest thing about this article on survivalism is the disdain hardcore aficionados have for less committed suburban survivalists:
