A century ago, the rich owned carriages and the poor didn’t. They wore completely different clothes, spoke almost a different language, had entirely different educational opportunities; in short, they lived in different, but adjoining, worlds. Today, the rich own cars … Continue reading
The Wikiscanner fun continues: A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne. I’m not going to report the details here because it’s gossip, really. … Continue reading
Via Libertas, it seems the scientific consensus on global warming is, er… not a consensus. From the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. … Continue reading
Echo-chambering, I know, but this, from the Prof, is familiar to any European. The red dots on the map of Manhattan above… People who live there yet receive an agricultural subsidy. The big red dots? More than half a million … Continue reading
Under Apple Corp’s feet: U.S. computer company Apple Inc. and German automaker Volkswagen AG are discussing the possibility of building an “iCar” which would feature products by the producer of the ubiquitous personal music player.
More research into “Oetzi” the iceman – the neolithic corpse found in the Alps, suggests he died of head injuries: … radiologists, pathologists and other researchers, using new forensic information and CAT scans, now say they believe blood loss from … Continue reading
George Monbiot, you may not be surprised to learn, thinks that we’re all going to die unless we transform the world completely: … the rich nations must cut the emissions much further than anybody else, you realize that we are … Continue reading
Is “capitalism” synonymous with “the market”? Are these identical to the “free markets”? Must competition exist if you are to have capitalism? Are all these things infused with rapacious greed? Does job insecurity necessarily exist in a capitalist society, and … Continue reading
Is the surge working in Iraq? Here’s Michael Totten’s summary, in 650 words. Totten writes from the vanishingly rare perspective of a journalist covering the country from embeds with troops, rather than his hotel room or web browser. Think I’m … Continue reading
For some strange reason, children of the people murdered by the Red brigades have taken exception to this: [French actress, Fanny] Ardant said she admired the founder of the Red Brigades group, Renato Curcio, because he had never abandoned his … Continue reading