Death penalty
Goggle+ post: Death penalty in the USA Nicodin Bogdan: Methods of Capital Punishment in the United States since 1887 . Such a shame you can’t choose firing squad anymore. And…
Ukraine, Russia and the West
No great power will lift a finger for a small country, unless its vital interests are at stake, translated more often than not to read=OIL. And the US is getting…
NYT: How to Get a Job at Google
Thomas L. Friedman in the NYT: How to Get a Job at Google part 1 and part 2 writes about criteria used by Google to hire personnel. They stress the…
NSA eavesdropping – hyperventilation on a massive scale
A lot of hyperventilation over very little: every state worth its salt collects intelligence on enemies, and allies. EU countries could start pointing fingers at the US, if they did…
Facebook allows videos of beheadings
BBC News: Facebook lets beheading clips return A few years ago we had a discussion at work on whether we should screen material containing extreme violence, showing beheadings of western…
L’implosion américaine
Le rêve américain est en train de tourner au cauchemar. Un empire invincible qui est en train de se détruire tout seul. TDG: Le meurtrier de Trayvon Martin acquitté
Mark Harmon: Opinion journalism needs ethical guidelines
Mark Harmon: Opinion journalism needs ethical guidelines “The Pew Research Center’s recent report, The State of the News Media 2013, documents what we all have observed — more news chattering…
Laurie Garrett: The “New Normal” is a Tight Belt
Laurie Garrett: Sequestration is de facto budgeting, and seems to be the new norm from now to 2023. That’s a big ouch for global health.
FT: Obama crumbles as a liberal fantasy hero
Well written piece, presenting different points of view in a balanced manner. And the conclusion is right: Obama has to balance a variety of pressures, in the real world. Financial…