Stephen Walt | Foreign Policy | 20 March 2012 Concise, punchy, cut-out-and-keep guide. Read it now; even better, bring it out again when talk next surfaces that invading and trying to remake a foreign country would be a good idea. It very rarely is Comments Robert Kuttner | American Prospect | 19 March 2012 American corporations declare bankruptcy without shame, wipe away debts, recapitalise, resume business. Whereas bankrupt individuals lose everything, including homes. Why? Because banks and corporations have political power Comments Carl Zimmer | Wired | 20 March 2012 Inside the hunt for a Penicillin equivalent for viruses. "We might be able to eradicate any type of virus we want. Someday we might even be faced with a question that today sounds absurd: Are there viruses that need protecting?" Comments Peter Hoskin | Telegraph | 20 March 2012 Best political speech of the century is still the valedictory given six years ago by Tony Blair. And even that was memorable mainly for a single joke. Modern fashion demands simplicity, banality, brevity, a few soundbites Comments Clive Irving | Newsweek | 19 March 2012 The 737 is the workhorse of many fleets. One takes off or lands every 2.5 seconds. It's been partially redesigned over the years, but the fuselage has remained substantially the same. And flying has changed a lot since the sixties Comments Evgeny Morozov | Slate | 19 March 2012 "Producing and tweaking stories on the spot, customized to suit the interests and intellectual habits of just one particular reader, is exactly what automated journalism allows—and why it's worth worrying about" Comments | 
No comments:
Post a Comment