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2 journalism degrees, 17 months, no jobs
Kristy and Katie Barry have applied for 150 jobs since graduating Rutgers University 17 months ago. It’s a familiar story for recent graduates, though I wonder how much the fact that they both have journalism degrees has added to the … Continue reading
William Safire
William Safire died today from pancreatic cancer. He may have worked for a crook (I refer here to Richard Nixon, not The New York Times), but anyone who cares about politics and/or language will surely miss his wit and… wisdom. … Continue reading
Twitter in theory
This isn’t a video and it isn’t funny. Only click if you want to read a cogent explanation of how Twitter works in theory and why it’s not banal. Not everyone we can see will hear us, as they don’t … Continue reading
Meta Pirate Bay
Worried about the future of The Pirate Bay? One user is and uploaded a 21.3 gigabyte torrent containing all 873,671 other torrents available on the site.
The case for a “fat tax”
David Leonhardt writes this week in the Magazine about the economics of being overweight: Two years ago, the Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers. It was one part of a “wellness initiative” that has won the renowned hospital — which President … Continue reading
In Nicaragua, a Miskito separatist movement
The Miskito indians of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast have a history of clashes dating back to the Spanish conquest and leading through to the Contra War. More recently their coast was badly damaged by Hurricane Felix in 2007, and largely neglected … Continue reading