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Getting to Crazy
Commentators seem shocked at Republican unreasonableness as a debt default looms, but it is the end result of a process that has lasted decades.Yes.We know how to exit this mess. The same actions will not do it. -
Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds
Subjects were more likely to remember information that they would not be able to retrieve from a computer.Computers have no initiative. They do not build. -
Study of Alpha Male Baboons Shows It’s Stressful at the Top
Alpha males may hold power and attract females, but a study of baboon troops in Kenya shows they also have very high levels of stress.Beta is just fine with me. I have work I want to do. -
2nd Murdoch Executive at Time of Hacking Quits
Les Hinton, the chairman of Dow Jones, resigned, joining Rebekah Brooks, the embattled chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations, in the exodus of officials from News Corporation.Thrown to the wolves rather than departing rats. -
Death and Budgets
Much of the budget mess may stem from a deep cultural antipathy toward recognizing our own mortality.David Brooks is lying again.The young are not willing to let the old off the hook. -
The Republicans' Flirtation With Anarchy
Flirtation is not the relationship. Seduction to be followed by a shotgun marriage describes the action.
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U.S. Recognizes Rebels in Libya
The move allows the United States to fund the opposition with some of the assets frozen in American banks.It is not our money. Get that point in mind. -
Out of Poverty, Family-Style
Here is a set of tools that work.
They do require that there be jobs to be had. -
Imprelis Herbicide Suspected in Tree Deaths
The product, Imprelis, was hailed as environmentally friendly but is now a suspect in thousands of fallen trees.Ban it. It is more trouble than it is worth. The cost benefit is much less than one. -
Protesters Get Creative in Post-Soviet Nations
Street politics have lost their relevance in many former Soviet countries, as the political opposition has withered away. But innovative forms of protest are popping up.They are just grumbling. Ask them how to make it better.
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Google+ Gets a Leg Up on Facebook
Google+, Google’s social network, has easy-to-use privacy controls and allows video chats with as many as 10 people.Better but not good. Business management had too much say. -
Miranda July, The Make-Believer
Miranda July is the most honest, uninhibited filmmaker of our time. Or: She’s twee, precious and maddening. Discuss. Nicely.There is no bad art. I am not this nuts or this confident. -
California to Require Gay History in Schools
California will become the first state to require public schools to include the works of gays and lesbians in social science instruction and in textbooks.A good idea. Maybe it will get to Texas. -
The Start-Up of You
This is not your parents’ job market. Workers need to be able to invent, adapt and reinvent their jobs every day.We have returned to the fourteenth century. Thomas Friedman is sure of it.Jobs are a nineteenth century innovation. The industrial revolution brought them and took them.She needs to start a life of her own. -
Food Makers Push Back on Ads for Children
As pressure increases on the food industry to fight childhood obesity, a group of food makers suggested guidelines that are short of nutritional standards proposed by regulators."Dangerous Liaisons" -
Campaign Marks 15th Season of ‘South Park’
For the 15th anniversary of “South Park,” Comedy Central will create a 15,000-square-foot replica of the show’s animated set for a San Diego convention later this month."Groundhog's day" -
Tom Vander Ark’s New York-Area Charter Schools Falter
A former top official with the Gates Foundation found that opening innovative schools in the New York area was harder than he had anticipated.We kep trying.One cannot blame the young for being young and ignorant.
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Shadow Cities, a New iPhone Video Game - Review
Shadow Cities is another take-over-the-world game, but this time it’s not a fantasy realm: You fight for your own town or one elsewhere, using a smartphone and GPS.Why bother? Monopoly with real property and money. -
Women's Choices: School vs. Children - Room for Debate
Does more education reduce childbearing, or does childbearing get in the way of education?Yes. -
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ - Review
Childhood ends with tears and howls and swirls of smoke, the shock of mortality and bittersweet smiles in the grave, deeply satisfying final movie in the “Harry Potter” series.
I will enjoy the film when I see it.
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