An Open Letter to My Friends on the Right. By Jason Kuznicki.
What's Wrong With The Hunger Games Is What No One Noticed. When a media universally misses the point, it's on purpose.
Rue is a little girl in The Hunger Games, and in the movie she's played by a black girl. According to Jezebel, Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Disappointed. Almost every marginalized group that cites evidence of violence, especially police violence and abuse, is actually citing statistics against African-American members of that group. America's Real Criminal Element: Lead. New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic.
And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing. Illustration: Gérard DuBois When Rudy Giuliani ran for mayor of New York City in 1993, he campaigned on a platform of bringing down crime and making the city safe again. We're living the dream; we just don't realize it. Steven Johnson says that too often, we don't open our eyes to the progress the world has seen.
Steven Johnson: By almost any measure, life in U.S. is much better than in past generationsDropout rates, college enrollment, crime, infant mortality have shown improvement Despite progress, most people, and the media, focus on negative trends, he saysJohnson: Doomsayers get our attention more readily than those pointing to steady progress Editor's note: Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of eight books, including "Where Good Ideas Come From" and "The Ghost Map.
" His latest book, "Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age," was published this fall by Riverhead. Peter Suderman On Walmart. The Internet is a Major Driver of the Growth of Cognitive Inequality. Apropos of yesterday's post about using Google to convert joules to electron volts, a friend of mine emailed this morning to say that Wolfram Alpha would be an even better choice. 10 Lesser Known Economic Issues. Politics While not an economist in the traditional sense, I am very interested in the study of economics.
While not everyone shares this level of interest, I believe people should have an understanding of economics as the field is so important to understanding the world that we live in. Though this list contains ideas that are controversial, it is not intended to promote anger or controversy. Rather, these entries were chosen to shed some light on lesser known, yet important economic issues facing our world, and give readers something to ponder.
Please give your opinions on these issues in the comments. The International Jew. The International Jew is a four volume set of booklets or pamphlets originally published and distributed in the early 1920s by Henry Ford, an American industrialist and automobile manufacturer.
In Spring 1920, Henry Ford made his personal newspaper The Dearborn Independent chronicle what he considered the "Jewish Menace". Every week for 91 issues, the paper exposed some sort of Jewish-inspired evil major story in a headline. 30 North Korean officials involved in South talks die 'in traffic accidents' Left vs. Right (US) What happens to women denied abortions? This is the first scientific study to find out. When our society advocates abortion for the poor then we have truly failed to provide for each other.
‘Dream Team’ of Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama Campaign. “He said, ‘Bring the whole group; let’s hear what you have to say,’ ” recalled Dr.
Fox, a behavioral economist at the University of California, Los Angeles. So began an effort by a team of social scientists to help their favored candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Some members of the team had consulted with the Obama campaign in the 2008 cycle, but the meeting in January signaled a different direction. “The culture of the campaign had changed,” Dr. Alex Ross: Love on the March. The week after Barack Obama was first elected President, I attended a music festival at Arizona State University, in Tempe.
Because Veterans Day was the following Tuesday, it was a party weekend at the school, and thousands of students swarmed the main strip. The central event of the festival ran long, and around midnight I went with another participant, the writer and filmmaker Paul Festa, in search of somewhere to eat. The Corruption of Democracy. US DEATH PENALTY. Greenpeace parodies Shell with 'Arctic Ready' adverts – in pictures. The Cheapest Generation. Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy In 2009, Ford brought its new supermini, the Fiesta, over from Europe in a brave attempt to attract the attention of young Americans.
It passed out 100 of the cars to influential bloggers for a free six-month test-drive, with just one condition: document your experience online, whether you love the Fiesta or hate it. Young bloggers loved the car. Young drivers? When Drones Decide to Kill on Their Own - Flashpoints. It’s almost impossible nowadays to attend a law-enforcement or defense show that does not feature unmanned vehicles, from aerial surveillance drones to bomb disposal robots, as the main attraction. Anders Breivik And Columbine: When Modern Narcissism Triggers Mass Murder. The Anders Breivik trial began today in Oslo, Norway.
The more people follow the proceedings, the happier the media-savvy mass murderer will be. And yet, the trial is worthy of our close attention. On July 22, 2011, Breivik killed 77 people in Oslo and on Utoya Island. Game Theory. "I am a Sex Offender. Folks, it’s Lenore from Free-Range Kids, back here because I just got this email and it points very clearly to the path we must take: CHANGE THE SEX OFFENDER LAWS which are, as this “offender” himself notes, harsher than those we mete out for murder — even when what we’re talking about is CONSENSUAL SEX between two teens. – L. I am a registered sex offender. Presidential Debates - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney - GQ October 2012: Politics. You have been battered into a stupor of disaffection by a locust swarm of attack ads and unctuous doublespeak, courtesy of the most obnoxiously long campaign in history since the Crusades.
Understood. But here is your reward: Beginning on October 3 and concluding two weeks before the presidential election, you will have three opportunities to watch the two leaders of the offending parties, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, crumble to pieces before your eyes. Defriended Over a Wedding, a Straight Man Gains Perspective. The parallel universe where Mitt Romney leads all polls - Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. To talk with any working Republican political operative these days is to hear the same tale of woe: a grim accounting of the past few weeks, a dash of gallows humor and a measure of hope that President Obama is still beatable. Forensics. The Invention of Political Consulting.
What America knows how to do best. It's pop-quiz time when it comes to the American way of war: three questions. Joe Arridy was the happiest man on death row - - News. How to confuse a moral compass. Why British police don’t have guns. 19 September 2012Last updated at 04:03 ET By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine The deaths of two female police constables have brought into focus the unarmed status of most British police. Why does Britain hold firm against issuing guns to officers on the beat? Ten Miles Square - Republicans and Abortion: A Brief History. September 02, 2012 1:07 AMRepublicans and Abortion: A Brief History. Matthew Vines Won’t Rest in Defending Gay Christians. How I Unwittingly Infiltrated the Boy’s Club & Why It’s Time for a New Wave of Atheism.
A Federalist Case for Gay Marriage. Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen. What No One Else Will Tell You About Feminism. When a "die-hard conservative Republican" woman moves to Canada and encounters the universal healthcare there, cultures clash. via reddit.com. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh. The Great Geek Sexism Debate. "They Won't Magically Turn You Into A Lustful Cockmonster": Chris Kluwe Explains Gay Marriage To The Politician Who Is Offended By An NFL Player Supporting It. Fear of a Black President. Florida Deputy Uses Spidey-Sense to Establish Probable Cause.
Fear of a Black President. Just Think No. Dan Savage Debates National Organization For Marriage Chief. Yes, Todd Akin, victims of 'legitimate rape' get pregnant - here's scientific proof. Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate. Mike Huckabee Would Like to Remind You That Rape Has Created Some Extraordinary People. Conor Gaughan: We Are Not Arguing Over Chicken.
Why Most Mass Murderers Are Privileged White Men. Imaginary Crises « The Honest Courtesan. This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government. The Differences That Aren’t. Government Wins Right to Pretend That Cables Released by WikiLeaks Are Still Secret. See something, say something, uncover NYPD spying. Catching Hell for Hiring a Muslim. In Which You Discover Only What The State Thinks You Should.
The Raw Story. 10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America. What's the Answer to Abortion in the Age of the Prison-Industrial Complex? Lock Women Up and Throw Away the Key. NY Doctor Injects Steroids in Fetuses to “Cure” Homosexuality. Why We Shouldn't regulate Big Food... At Least, Not Yet. Evangelicals Fight Over Therapy To 'Cure' Gays. One Man Without Perspective Makes For Hilarity. Has there been an explosion in U.S. inequality? No. Leigh Stubbs, Mississippi Woman, Serving 44-Year Sentence Despite Discredited Testimony. Why Most Mass Murderers Are Privileged White Men. Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms.
Another View - A letter to the good people of Iowa: Are you crazy? HOUSE APPROVES Kansas Law Legalize Discrimination. M.guardian.co.uk. The ‘Music Like Water’ Fallacy (Guest Post) Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered. Feminism. Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty. David Brooks: Know Your Betters. Inequality and Political Remedies. If You Want a Better Media, Be a Better Media. Women Who Disagree With Catholic Church Now Accused of Radical Feminism Instead of Witchcraft. The Huge Difference Between Food in the 1950's and Today. THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE. Yashar Ali: A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy"
New report reveals how corporations undermine science with fake bloggers and bribes. Politics of Planned Parenthood. Which Internet Companies Protect You From the Government—And Which Don't. House Speaker John Boehner on Mayor Bloomberg’s soda ban proposal: ‘Are you kidding me?’ Vibrators and Clitoridectomies: How Victorian Doctors Took Control of Women’s Orgasms. North Carolina considers outlawing accurate predictions of sea level rise. Final. The Secret Sharer — www.newyorker.
What Defense Lawyers Are Up Against. D.A. Suspends Grand Jury Investigations of Police Shootings in Albuquerque; No Shooting Ever Ruled Unjustified. S Pontifications » Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism. How Many More Are Innocent? Trayvon Martin Case. George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting. Are We Sliding Toward a Police State? How Tech Can Render Regulations Uber Obsolete.