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How to Tell a Journalist from a Blogger Posted by Jolie O'Dell on July 21, 2010 · 170 Comments A couple days ago, I was forced to make the distinction between journalists and bloggers in a long-winded defense of “the Fourth Estate.” I only touched on this subject briefly:Quantum Computing project
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Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now
Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment. As Mario Cuomo famously observed, candidates campaign in poetry but govern in prose. Still, Obama supporters have been asked to swallow some painfully "prosaic" compromises. In order to pass his healthcare legislation, for instance, Obama was required to specifically repudiate his pledge to prochoice voters to "make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as president."
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The potential consequences are sweeping. The necessity of human ingenuity is undisputed. A recent IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the No. 1 “leadership competency” of the future. Yet it’s not just about sustaining our nation’s economic growth. All around us are matters of national and international importance that are crying out for creative solutions, from saving the Gulf of Mexico to bringing peace to Afghanistan to delivering health care.
The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek
Trip Gabriel, New York Times At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a website's frequently asked questions page about homelessness -- and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. At DePaul University, the tip-off to one student's copying was the purple shade of several paragraphs he had lifted from the Web; when confronted by a writing tutor his professor had sent him to, he was not defensive -- he just wanted to know how to change purple text to black.
As Internet influence has grown, students less aware of plagiarizing
Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times Students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J., are old hands at text messaging, but not all of the words are friendly. Punish him, insisted the parents. “I said, ‘This occurred out of school, on a weekend,’ ” recalled the principal, Tony Orsini.
How Should Schools Handle Cyberbullying?
The Stupidity Of Liberal Apathy
Activists at last week’s Netroots Nation talked about disappointment and disillusionment. The polls show a slow, steady decline in support for the president among Democrats. Neither sample captures perfectly the state of the liberal mind this summer, but you’d have to be pretty oblivious not to see that President Obama, and the Democrats, are losing the love of their base.MBTI - 2010-08-05
By ELLIOTT ABRAMS Getty Images An Israeli F-16i jet fighter.
For Arab Nations, the Threat of a Nuclear Iran Puts Israel in a New Light | By Elliott Abrams
Traveler to the undiscovere'd country
I was calm and completely lucid. I watched like an interested observer. The pain medication probably detached me.
China Passes Japan to Become No. 2 Economy
Aly Song/Reuters The Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai. China has begun to reshape the way the global economy functions. The milestone, though anticipated for some time, is the most striking evidence yet that China’s ascendance is for real and that the rest of the world will have to reckon with a new economic superpower. The recognition came early Monday, when Tokyo said that Japan’s economy was valued at about $1.28 trillion in the second quarter, slightly below China’s $1.33 trillion.
How the internet is changing language
16 August 2010 Last updated at 05:01 ET By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News 'To Google' has become a universally understood verb and many countries are developing their own internet slang. But is the web changing language and is everyone up to speed? The web is a hub of neologisms In April 2010 the informal online banter of the internet-savvy collided with the traditional and austere language of the court room. Christopher Poole, founder of anarchic image message board 4Chan, had been called to testify during the trial of the man accused of hacking into US politician Sarah Palin's e-mail account.
For the first time in three days in the wilderness, Mr. Braver is not wearing his watch. “I forgot,” he says. It is a small thing, the kind of change many vacationers notice in themselves as they unwind and lose track of time. But for Mr.
Your Brain on Computers - Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity
by Daniel Akst Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship. Science-fiction writers make the best seers.
America: Land of Loners? by Daniel Akst
Daniel Wagner: The Philippine Bus and Miss Universe
This week two noteworthy events involving the Philippines made headlines: the botched rescue of Chinese tourists taken hostage by a disgruntled former policeman, and a botched response to a question by Miss Philippines in the finals for the Miss Universe contest. You might ask, what do these two things have in common? Separately, not much, but taken together, they represent both the peril and promise of the Philippines today. For many years pundits have commented that the Philippines appears to be heading backwards economically and politically, while many parts of Asia barrel toward middle income status and have maturing democracies. Yes, other countries have disputed elections, other countries' leaders do questionable things, and other developing countries struggle to achieve sustainable economic growth. And, yes, there are recent examples of fresh political turmoil and economic hardship not only in Asia, but throughout the world.Joe Raymond for The New York Times Chaz Ebert, left, with her husband, Roger, who uses gestures, looks and a notebook to communicate. THE first several minutes at a restaurant with are awkward.
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I'm blogging about the periodic table this month in conjunction with my new book, The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements . Now, I know not everyone has fond memories of the periodic table, but it got to me early—thanks to one element, mercury. I used to break those old-fashioned mercury thermometers all the time as a kid (accidentally, I swear), and I was always fascinated to see the little balls of liquid metal rolling around on the floor. My mother used to sweep them up with a toothpick, and we kept a jar with a pecan-size glob of all the mercury from all the broken thermometers on a knickknack shelf in our house. But what really reinforced my love of mercury—and got me interested in the periodic table as a whole—was learning about all the places that mercury popped up in history.
Blogging the Periodic Table: Aluminum. (1) - By Sam Kean
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