Saturday, July 04, 2009
Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback
The top five stories worth reading from the week in worth-reading stories
Bob Herbert has a great column on the horrific tale of Mohammed Jawad. Glenn Greenwald also writes on the suppressed information regarding the number of people tortured to death by us - America.
It will take a global recovery for a global recession.
Nate Silver has a great analysis on how arguing global warming in terms of GDP doesn't see the big picture. Reducing the world's GDP by "only" 5%, as Conservatives argue, could wipe out 44% of the world's population.
The modern world, as Kafka predicted, has become a world where lies become true. And facts alone will be powerless to thwart the mendacity spun out through billions of dollars in corporate advertising, lobbying and control of traditional sources of information.
Finally this week, Amnesty International reports that Israel used children as human shields during their assault on the people of Gaza.
Bob Herbert has a great column on the horrific tale of Mohammed Jawad. Glenn Greenwald also writes on the suppressed information regarding the number of people tortured to death by us - America.
It will take a global recovery for a global recession.
Nate Silver has a great analysis on how arguing global warming in terms of GDP doesn't see the big picture. Reducing the world's GDP by "only" 5%, as Conservatives argue, could wipe out 44% of the world's population.
The modern world, as Kafka predicted, has become a world where lies become true. And facts alone will be powerless to thwart the mendacity spun out through billions of dollars in corporate advertising, lobbying and control of traditional sources of information.
Finally this week, Amnesty International reports that Israel used children as human shields during their assault on the people of Gaza.
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