FRONTLINE recently aired a gripping look at the unfolding of the banking crisis last year. As usual, I feel Frontline does an excellent job of crafting compelling, intelligent journalism. An excellent way to spend an hour–you can watch the whole episode online.
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I spent some time of late reviewing some of my writing. As a writer (yes, I can call myself that–these words you read are testament), I come up with all sorts of ideas on a daily basis. Some creative, some analytical, some strange, some poetic. This piece is a kind of retrospective. Specifically, I came
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Back a year ago, I wrote about the inanity of marketing “vitamin” everything. “Vitamin Water” was my pet issue back then. I’m glad to see the issue of vitamin obsession makes the New York Times Health Section: “Countless consumers believe in the healing power of vitamins. Trouble is, the best major medical studies have failed
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This TIME Magazine article, which is now 12 years old, is the perfect example of why self-selected surveys can be so misleading. A quick read. You can vote for whether you like it. (Read the article and you’ll get the joke.)
A Landslide for Ataturk Read More
I’ve been thinking about this issue of self-publishing for a couple years now. If you’ve got a book idea, now’s the time. (Note to self…) From the NY Times: Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab
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For you Van Halen fans out there, this is not to be missed: David Lee Roth Runnin’ with the Devil SOUNDBOARD YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!
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Celebrity headlines…this one is well-intentioned, but odd: Tom Cruise says grew up wanting to kill Hitler – Yahoo! News.
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More reading from Scientific American today, this time on the topic of evolution and science: The Christian Man’s Evolution: How Darwinism and Faith Can Coexist: Scientific American
How Darwinism and Faith Can Coexist: Scientific American Read More
A good bit from Scientific American. I’ve been wondering why I’m feeling hungry these days… Science of Snacks: Thinking Makes You Hungry: Scientific American
Thinking Makes You Hungry: Scientific American Read More
“The Omnivore’s Dilemma” has been my free-time book for the past month or so. I’ve been reading when I’ve had the chance– which is more rare as I start graduate studies. But the book is pertinent to my interests, both academic and personal, so I share my thoughts here. Author Michael Pollan‘s later chapters
Reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” Read More