April 18, 2012
Budget Cuts: Choices, Choices

missflower:

TO SAY that most American political discourse takes place at the intellectual level of baboons would be an insult to baboons. Baboons are capable of handling two-factor reasoning problems: if I eat all the bananas now, I’ll have none left for later; better eat enough to quell my hunger now, but leave some for later. In contrast, political discourse generally takes place at the one-factor level that could be handled by, say, flatworms: Banana yummy! Hunger bad!

One of my favorite blog posts ever.

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March 30, 2012
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

— Issac Asimov (via askjerves)

It is really sad how true this sometimes is.

(Source: goodreads.com, via missflower)

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March 20, 2012
"STEVE HOLT!"

— Steve Holt

This.

(Source: thebluthcompany, via missflower)

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March 14, 2012
Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: Most startup ideas should terrify you.

texturism:

don’t worry, it’s not a sign of weakness. arguably it’s a sign of sanity. the biggest startup ideas are terrifying. and not just because they’d be a lot of work. the biggest ideas seem to threaten your identity: you wonder if you’d have enough ambition to carry them through.

there’s a scene in

Really important.

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March 8, 2012
Please read Invisible Children's response.

Seconded. Constructive dialogue of this type isn’t just useful. It’s absolutely imperative.

emilygflower:

Appropriate. Timely. Clear.

Impressive precedent for any non-profit responding to criticism.

Well done, Invisible Children.

(Source: visiblechildren)

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March 7, 2012
Foreign Affairs: Context for the Kony 2012 Campaign

I can’t overstate the importance of understanding this viral video in context.

missflower:

foreignaffairsmagazine:

Have you seen the recent documentary produced by the non-profit group Invisible Children? It is making the rounds on the Web and social networks and has prompted various celebrities, including Justin Beiber and Zoey Dechanel, to tweet about Joseph Kony and his LRA militia in Uganda.

Back in…

Really, really important stuff. 

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March 5, 2012
Mitt Romney, Mormon

A great GQ column on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism in the SOuth. 

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March 4, 2012
He certainly makes me think

I’ve gotta give it to Paul Krugman. I often disagree with him, but he always makes me think. I’m really not sure what to think of this column, but now I have to think about it.

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February 27, 2012
Are NPR's new ethics guidelines the way for journalism organizations to handle themselves? NYU journalism deep-thinker Jay Rosen thinks so.

futurejournalismproject:

shortformblog:

With these words, NPR commits itself as an organization to avoid the worst excesses of “he said, she said” journalism. It says to itself that a report characterized by false balance is a false report. It introduces a new and potentially powerful concept of fairness: being “fair to the truth,” which as we know is not always evenly distributed among the sides in a public dispute.

Maintaining the “appearance of balance” isn’t good enough, NPR says. “If the balance of evidence in a matter of controversy weighs heavily on one side…” we have to say so. When we are spun, we don’t just report it. “We tell our audience…” This is spin! 

shortformblog: Rosen took a particular liking to lines like these: “Our goal is not to please those whom we report on or to produce stories that create the appearance of balance, but to seek the truth.” Read NPR’s ethics guidelines and consider it for yourself.

(Source: shortformblog, via futurejournalismproject)

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February 24, 2012
The Economist Style Guide.

It is even more snarky than you would think it would be.

So awesome. 

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Filed under: economist journalism 
February 14, 2012
Friedman gets it. Do you?

Why the GOP needs to get it together — fast. 

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Filed under: politics republicans gop 
February 9, 2012
childrenwithswag: Submission from mail@joel-sager.com oliver in the front garden Coolest. Kid. Ever.

childrenwithswag:

Submission from mail@joel-sager.com

oliver in the front garden

Coolest. Kid. Ever.

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February 2, 2012
Cory Booker, you're the man.

This is a fantastic explanation of why government is broken — and why we can still fix it. Cory Booker is doing a great job of being angry and tearing it all up to start over. 

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Filed under: politics government 
February 1, 2012
Well said, Nick Kristof.

He asks a question I have been asking for some time. 

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Filed under: republicans gop politics 
January 31, 2012

missflower:

“Don’t watch this in a place you don’t want to cry.”

But seriously, don’t.

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