Adam Curtis - Kabul: City Number One »
“I am researching the extraordinary history of the West’s relationship to Afghanistan over the past 200 years. It is a very complex, and sometimes weird, story. These are notes on some of the…
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A rest of everything tumblelog from researcher and tech adventurer John Harris Stevenson. For more, check out his web site at tranquileye.com.Harvey Cox Says Atheism Won't Last. Here's Why You Should Care What Harvey Cox Thinks... »
Harvey Cox, one of the foremost American theologians of the twentieth century, recently retired from Harvard, where he held the oldest tenured professorship in the nation. You’ve seen him …
Economist attacks Krugman as superficial and partisan. »
Paul Krugman attacked professional macroeconomists (previously). John Cochrane, an economist at the University of Chicago, returns the favor, arguing that Krugman deeply misrepresents current…
Just let me die with my trumpet in my hand »
Common Rotation is a three-piece folk/indie band out of Los Angeles. They write you a song a day (ish), and they make documentary films.
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If you like your folk…
Collision Tests: Old versus New, rounds 1 and 2 »
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently had their 50th anniversary, and to taut the progress of car safety design, they’ve set a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air versus a 2009 Chevrolet…
Do Not Disturb. Or Do. Either Way. »
“When my grandfather passed away last year, my family gathered to go through his belongings. He had been in the foreign service and he had filled a whole wall of his study with hotel door hangers…
Modern journalism: Only rich kids need apply. »
The Costs of Becoming a Journalist: “Journalists born since 1970 predominantly come from middle class to upper middle class backgrounds. And Journalism ranks third in the list of the most socially…
How accurate was Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" about the future? »
How accurate was Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” about the future? “Part of the reason that Dr Floyd has been sent to Clavius Base is to deliver a morale-boosting speech to a crew bemused by what…
