Blog for Choice Day 2008
Today, on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are asking pro-choice bloggers to join us for Blog for Choice Day! Blog for Choice Day provides us with an opportunity to raise the profile of reproductive rights in the blogosphere and the media, while celebrating Roe’s 35th anniversary. Plus, it’s a great way to […]
Read MoreBBC NEWS | Business | The US sub-prime crisis in graphics
BBC NEWS | Business | The US sub-prime crisis in graphics: The US sub-prime crisis in graphics The US sub-prime mortgage crisis has lead to plunging property prices, a slowdown in the US economy, and billions in losses by banks. It stems from a fundamental change in the way mortgages are funded. —– the best […]
Read More7 theses to save the world
: A new cosmopolitanism is in the air Globalisation is anonymous control A new perspective for a different approach to action Only capital is permitted to break the rules We, the consumers, constitute the counter-power Sacrifice autonomy, gain sovereignty A state towards which the nation is indifferent Convert walls into bridges! —– This is indicative […]
Read Moreedu-Impact | college & university economic impact portal
edu-Impact | college & university economic impact portal: Welcome to edu-Impact, the College & University Economic Impact Portal. Appleseed, a New York City-based consulting firm, created this portal in response to a growing interest in the regional economic and community development impacts of colleges and universities. This portal is the most comprehensive source of information […]
Read MorePrint Story: New software detects Web interference on Yahoo! News
Print Story: New software detects Web interference on Yahoo! News: Increasingly worried over Internet providers’ behavior, a nonprofit has released software that helps determine whether online glitches are innocent hiccups or evidence of deliberate traffic tampering. —— we needed something like this. we just need it built into every OS now.
Read MoreHow to pay for a free press, by André Schiffrin
How to pay for a free press, by André Schiffrin: How to pay for a free press In a media world with one eye on the bottom line and the other on the official line, it’s getting harder to publish or broadcast anything that doesn’t promise huge sales and attendant profits, and that doesn’t say […]
Read MoreAndrew Mwenda speaks about the problem of the Cartel of Good Intentions
TED | Speakers | Andrew Mwenda: Andrew Mwenda: Journalist —- Intentions are usually problematic… people act under good intentions at all times. Even GWB thought he was doing the right thing, remember that, good intentions are not always the best thing. Mr. Mwenda speaks about the problem of foreign aid and the problem of structural […]
Read MoreEmpirical Legal Studies: Distribution of 2006 Starting Salaries: Best Graphic Chart of the Year
Empirical Legal Studies: Distribution of 2006 Starting Salaries: Best Graphic Chart of the Year: Distribution of 2006 Starting Salaries: Best Graphic Chart of the Year — this important graph has underneath it some of the best discussions of what one should consider when thinking about going to law school. Law school has become another form […]
Read MoreTalking Points Memo | Annals of Reporting
Talking Points Memo | Annals of Reporting: Actually, if you look at what he says, it seems Skube’s editor at the Times oped page didn’t think he had enough specific examples in his article decrying our culture of free-wheeling assertion bereft of factual backing. Or perhaps any examples. So the editor came up with a […]
Read MoreFeminism Friday: Using pregnancy to criminalize womanhood at Pandagon
Feminism Friday: Using pregnancy to criminalize womanhood at Pandagon: Of course, the other part of this is redefining what a child is, taking women’s participation in the creation of one out of the picture and relegating pregnant women to the role of mere incubators for children that men make. To call something a “child†from […]
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