Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback
The top ten stories worth reading from the past two weeks in worth-reading stories:
(I know its normally weekly, but I was internetsless in Europe for a week and a half - check out the photos!)
Vanity Fair has a great article on who's to blame for the financial collapse?
Alternet runs down the ten worst corporations of 2008 and suggests the rich are destroying the Earth.
The Nation reports socialism for the wealthy has been the fault of both parties, and hedge funds and private equity are destroying us.
Has the Ivy League led America off a cliff? The New York Times reports Iraq is already a trillion-dollar blunder.
Also: in important squid news.
The Independent reports acidic seas are destroying ocean life, and National Geographic says one-fifth of all coral reefs are dead.
And what about Coca Cola's latest environmental scam?
Salon discusses ideology v pragmatism - is one more important than the other?
In Science! news: are we getting whispers of dark matter?
Finally this week, should Obama revive the Federal Writers Project?, and the Oxford English Dictionary0 has released its second-annual compendium of slang.
(I know its normally weekly, but I was internetsless in Europe for a week and a half - check out the photos!)
Vanity Fair has a great article on who's to blame for the financial collapse?
Alternet runs down the ten worst corporations of 2008 and suggests the rich are destroying the Earth.
The Nation reports socialism for the wealthy has been the fault of both parties, and hedge funds and private equity are destroying us.
Has the Ivy League led America off a cliff? The New York Times reports Iraq is already a trillion-dollar blunder.
Also: in important squid news.
The Independent reports acidic seas are destroying ocean life, and National Geographic says one-fifth of all coral reefs are dead.
And what about Coca Cola's latest environmental scam?
Salon discusses ideology v pragmatism - is one more important than the other?
In Science! news: are we getting whispers of dark matter?
Finally this week, should Obama revive the Federal Writers Project?, and the Oxford English Dictionary0 has released its second-annual compendium of slang.
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