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Or is it A Case of Global Beer? So InBev, the giant Belgian brewing conglomerate, is buying Anheuser Busch. What does that mean for both companies? It can be hard to fathom for the average beer drinker, since many of the brews we enjoy come from companies larger than we ever imagined. Meanwhile, as Brookston […]
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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has filed a request for an arrest warrant for President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir. From the New York Times: ‘Announcing the request, the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said that Mr. Bashir “masterminded and implemented” a plan to destroy the three main ethnic groups in Darfur, the Fur, […]
Read MoreShould Barack Obama deliver a speech at Berlin’s iconic Branderburg Gate (that’s Brandenburger Tor auf deutsch)? Time Magazine identifies two moments in US Presidential history as iconic as the Gate itself. Let’s see if you can identify the speakers by the words alone: Ich bin ein Berliner! Tear down this Wall! Both worthy of exclamation […]
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You can do it, Chas! Charles Darwin wanted what many academics still strive for: to get published! It was difficult for other reasons, in his case. Murray, the publisher, might reject a paper that runs “slap counter to Genesis.” Look out, Christendom, here comes Darwin! He mentions this concern in a letter below.
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July 10, 1925: jury selection begins on Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan’s famous trial in Dayton, Tennessee on the teaching of evolution in schools. The story is a little more complicated that one might think. Scopes, it turns out, agreed to be arrested. And the town was seeking some publicity. NPR‘s All Things Considered […]
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This week’s lead story in The Economist addresses what folks have suspected for a while — a lot of the institutions that are supposed to promote all sorts of good things like trade, good economic policy, human rights, and stability are getting more than a little outdated. “CLUBS are all too often full of people […]
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Those Unhealthy Swedes… wait, what? Sweden is today one of the healthiest countries in which to live and has some the world’s highest rates of human longevity. However, this was not always so. In the early modern period, it was frequently afflicted by the bubonic plague, with extraordinarily high mortality rates. Smallpox, until the late […]
Read MoreAfter Bush author Timothy Lynch will be here in the US soon. Come hear him speak, tune in to KQED on July 15, or catch the archive at the Forum link below! [Update] Listen to the Forum broadcast here >> Please check each link for specifics about each event. July 15 KQED San Francisco Forum […]
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