Glued to The Weather Channel While the World Burns By Paul Rogat Loeb Following the weather is beginning to feel like revisiting the Biblical plagues. Tornadoes rip through Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma—even Massachusetts. A million acres burn in Texas wildfires. The Army Corps of Engin[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
Saudi for Saudis?
‘Nitaqat’ may wipe out 40% of private firms By ARAB NEWS Published: May 18, 2011 00:42 Updated: May 18, 2011 00:42 RIYADH: Labor Minister Adel Fakieh expects that about 40 percent of private firms will fail to employ Saudi nationals and cease to exist with the implementation of the new Saudizati[...]
Columbia Professor Sued over Libelous Biography of Malcom X.
from the Philadelphia Sun Criminal defense attorney and former Plainfield, NJ Mayor Mark Fury filed a $50 Million lawsuit against Columbia University, Viking Press and the estate of Manning Marable regarding Marable’s posthumously published biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.&#[...]
May 31st, 2011 - 7:44 am § in America
Gehry Melts Manahattan?
Reminiscent of the transforming architecture in the movie Inception, Frank Gehry’s Beekman Tower in New York appears to be in motion. The trademark morphing, rippled effect of Gehry’s work is stamped on the 1.1 million square foot Beekman Tower anchoring it as one of the tallest buildings in[...]
US Cultural Cowardice: Art World Condones Chinese Censorship of Art
….from the Wall Street Journal:(excerpts) And what is the art world doing about China’s imprisonment (of world famous artist Ai WaiWai)? Not much. “We are aghast that this has happened and intend to protest as best we can,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.director Hugh D[...]
Blasphemy: The War on Science
Right and left are equal opportunity abusers of science .. whenever science is in the way, bith sides discard it. A good example is this post from Lee Rosenberg, the marijuana fanatic at Horses Ass.: Drug War Roundup by Lee, 05/29/2011, 9:28 PM – This Thursday, June 2, multiple former world [...]
May 27th, 2011 - 6:03 am § in Uncategorized
Is Skype worth eighty times an investment in healthcare?
Bloomberg Two weeks ago the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania received a record $225 million gift for its medical school endowment. The donors, the Perelman family said: “Ruth and I believe the future of medicine depends on the ability to produce world-class clinicians a[...]
May 21st, 2011 - 10:53 pm § in Misc.
Russia Will Never Run Out of Oil!
from Isvestia “However, there is an opinion that Russia’s oil resources are limitless – mainly because hydrocarbons continue being formed today.” The high oil prices no longer advance the Russian economy. This unsettling conclusion was drawn by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance[...]
May 18th, 2011 - 8:07 am § in Environment
Is Natural Gas Just a Bubble?
“Shale Gas: A View from the Bottom of the Resource Pyramid” A lecture at UW, by Arthur E. Berman, Director of Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc. and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas USA. May 16th, 2011 Reviewed by Halstead Harrison. Arthur Berman works in an inter[...]
May 14th, 2011 - 7:19 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Recommended Reading:
Ed. When our children were little, Barb and took them to visit the grave site of Chief Seattle, a trip I recommend for every child growing up in this city named for an amazing man of peace. Despite the name of this city, monuments to our history or all quite sad. The totem pole […][...]