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What can’t they buy? Did your university have a climbing wall, hot tubs, or en-suite bathrooms? Mine sure didn’t. And I didn’t miss ’em. Then again, it didn’t have a massive...
Umm… oopsie? Now, I’m not a rocket scientist. I don’t know how to make robots or use sensors or any of that kind of thing. I’m only mediocre at Fantastic Contraption. Anyway, with...
This post, from David K. Levine‘s Against Monopoly, along with the ensuing discussion, poses some questions: Do trademarks represent an identity? What rights do we have to our identities, corporate...
The collector bug strikes early. At the age of twelve, in addition to being stinky, Charles Darwin reminds himself that if he is going to be a great naturalist, he’ll need a place for his stash....
Is anyone else floored by this? At Ford, End of a Big-Vehicle Era Takes a Toll (NY Times) Ford and GM are losing lots of money and generally making a mess of things, because they focused so much on pickup...
The folks at Slate have been so kind as to put together a Venn Diagram of The crimes committed by the Bush Administration. Oh, where to start? Though you can follow the chart well enough from here, I’d...
Today’s Financial Times offers commentary by Susan Aaronson, a scholar who analyzes the murky relationships between trade and human rights. In it she poses the question: if both candidates are pro-trade,...
Joshua M. Bernstein of Gourmet recently did a Q&A with Charles Bamforth, touching on something that I find to be among the “funny-because-it’s-true” characteristics of wine and beer. JMB:...
This week: Stinky, stinky, 12-year-old Darwin Charles Darwin, at the age of 12, wrote several letters into a ‘Memorandum book’ while on vacation from school. He was staying at his family home...
In recent days Barack Obama has sought to establish bluer water between himself and John McCain over Iraq. Did he succeed? Obama and McCain duel over foreign policy in this NY Times article Yes, he has...
Carl von Linne, better known as Linnaeus. Look at those pointy shoes! Today: Merchant marine milk cows keep the corrupting Chinese commerce coming! As well, as a colonies on the North American mainland...
GuideMoscow.com caught an earlier post of ours about David Foglesong’s book, and noted the cartoon. Foglesong writes of a legacy of American efforts to re-make Russia in its image, and his book includes...
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