January 2012
7 posts
Income inequality: Useless catchphrase or... →
Former Harvard prof. James Q. Wilson magnificently urges readers of this Wash. Post op-ed to deal with the issue of poverty instead of fixating on the gap between rich and poor. After all, he argues, Greece has an extremely small gap between rich and poor … but we’re not all about to imitate that country’s fiscal policies.
Investigative reporting in the Web era →
Great overview explaining our nation’s persisting need for investigative journalists to invest time, money (and reputation!) in uncovering things, by the Editor-in-chief over at ProPublica. Worth more than a casual read!
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Social networks, search engines unite against web...
While the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House of Representatives is meant to raise awareness about the dangers of pirate web sites — it’s also revealing the collective consciousness (and leverage?) of the social sites and Silicon Valley giants it threatens.
As Google blacks out its logo and major web sites like Wikipedia take a day-long hiatus, maybe Americans will stop and think...
World Bank warns of global recession →
It’s official, folks. The World Bank has put its stamp on an upcoming global recession, forecasting a capsizing of the global economy due to the muddled finances of the Euro-zone. Get ready to face the music! I’m just glad we’ve been warned.
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Unintended consequences of "One Child" →
The Washington Post calls it a “dilemma”… where to spend Chinese New Year has never been so stressful, apparently.
But for a generation of only-children in China who are now married to other only children as a result of the one child policy, there’s a catch-22 for which set of elderly, lonely parents to visit.
The problem, mind you, is not the generation of isolated...
Stop Online Piracy Act prompts Wikipedia blackout... →
Seriously, try it. The English language Wikipedia is down today, January 18, 2012, in protest of the legislation. As Wash Post says — time to go old school!
