Wednesday, June 15, 2011
NPR reporter: ‘You know you cannot tape my speech’ | Poynter.
The growing arrogance of NPR people on and off air is getting really irritating. Many of them are very good, but none of them is that good.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Hearst Brings Digital Shopping to Its Magazines - NYTimes.com
Which newspapers are doing this sort of thing?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
‘The Waste Land’ by App - NYTimes.com
This is fascinating!
Imagine if every newspaper story did the same?
Why exactly can we not access the same thing - paying the same price - on the web?
Russian Fugitive Buys 20 Percent of Israeli Daily - NYTimes.com
When Food Kills - NYTimes.com
"Yet while the terrorist attacks of 2001 led us to transform the way we approach national security, the deaths of almost twice as many people annually have still not generated basic food-safety initiatives."
Think about that the next time you spend a half hour going through the ridiculous TSA inspections in order to get on an airplane.
Think about that the next time you spend a half hour going through the ridiculous TSA inspections in order to get on an airplane.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
Friday, June 03, 2011
Prices
In three separate reports today, I heard what very different things were worth in a marketplace where price is determined by the buyer. Not sure what to make of this....
+ $43,000 USD paid by an Asian person on the web for a bottle of 200 year old champagne found at the bottom of the sea (near Finland, I think)
+ $25 USD the new suggested admission fee to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
+ A kidney to get an iPad2 and a laptop for a Chinese teenager
+ $43,000 USD paid by an Asian person on the web for a bottle of 200 year old champagne found at the bottom of the sea (near Finland, I think)
+ $25 USD the new suggested admission fee to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
+ A kidney to get an iPad2 and a laptop for a Chinese teenager
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Hands Off Our Houses - NYTimes.com
This is such a crying need; we need to work harder at creative solutions to the core problem. I believe the answer lies in a little bit of several ideas, but remain bullish on the concept of modular building practices.
Casey B. Mulligan: Listing Gun Owners Might Help Criminals - NYTimes.com
For me, transparency, and its importance in our society, trumps all of the arguments presented here.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Bilingual Advantage - NYTimes.com
Sure is nice to know that continuing a second language may have even more benefits than being able to communicate with other people in THEIR language!
The New York Times
We are 7 day/week print subscribers and have been for decades.
With all of the promotion of access to other digital platforms, I asked the Times if our subscription includes accessing the Times on Kindle. It does not, they replied, and did not even offer a reduced rate for the add-on Kindle service!
With all of the promotion of access to other digital platforms, I asked the Times if our subscription includes accessing the Times on Kindle. It does not, they replied, and did not even offer a reduced rate for the add-on Kindle service!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Online Pharmacy for Prescription Drugs - CVS Pharmacy Drug Store
I watched all of the cars lined up for prescriptions outside the CVS in Chapel Hill, NC today. Engines running, fumes pouring out of their exhausts. Passengers getting no exercise.
Wouldn't it be a whole lot healthier for everyone to make customers walk inside?
Wouldn't it be a whole lot healthier for everyone to make customers walk inside?
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Force of the Deed - NYTimes.com
I disagree at a fundamental level.
If Roger COHEN is ever stopped by a police officer alleging that COHEN has commited a crime, surely COHEN will not object. If it was clear to the police officer that COHEN had committed a crime, arrest him, put him in jail, and rid the street of his criminality.
Why, as I would, would you want the "deed" done in any other way?
Justice, right?
The mission was carried out with apparent superb skill.
We may yet learn that killing Bin Laden was the only reasonable option and if so I will join in the salute. But not until we know more.
For me, that's what justic is all about - knowing the facts and applying the rules.
It's not the satisfaction that may come to some from harm or death inflicted; it's in knowing that principles were applied well, principles that should guide the rest of our lives as well.
No exceptions.
If Roger COHEN is ever stopped by a police officer alleging that COHEN has commited a crime, surely COHEN will not object. If it was clear to the police officer that COHEN had committed a crime, arrest him, put him in jail, and rid the street of his criminality.
Why, as I would, would you want the "deed" done in any other way?
Justice, right?
The mission was carried out with apparent superb skill.
We may yet learn that killing Bin Laden was the only reasonable option and if so I will join in the salute. But not until we know more.
For me, that's what justic is all about - knowing the facts and applying the rules.
It's not the satisfaction that may come to some from harm or death inflicted; it's in knowing that principles were applied well, principles that should guide the rest of our lives as well.
No exceptions.
Monday, May 09, 2011
CUNY Dusts Itself Off After Tony Kushner Stumble - NYTimes.com
One thing for sure about this obnoxious episode: it never would have been an issue had it not been Israel that figured in the decision. It's not a sacred cow and should never be treated as one.
Friday, May 06, 2011
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