December 2011
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“Women cannot be expected to struggle alone against the forces of discrimination...”
– Benazir Bhutto in a 1995 speech in Beijing at the World Conference of Women. This is a beautiful speech, go read all of it. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“Political scientists have long recognized that Americans are much more...”
– Below the Surface, Surprising Trust in Government (via ryking)
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“Greene’s “dual-process theory” of moral decision-making posits that rationality...”
– The Biology of Right and Wrong
“Anyway it only makes sense if you assume those premises; that all human...”
– This interview with David Graeber on “What Is Debt?” is one of the most thought-provoking things published this year about the premises of finance. (via moorehn)
“The great irony and tragedy of “intro econ” is that it is at its introductory...”
– The Trouble with Principles: Or, How to Not Lose Friends and Alienate People When Learning Economics (#OccupyWallStreet, #OWS)
Perhaps the most interesting bit,
To casually label economics a science is at best aspirational, at worst manipulative, at a minimum misleading. At the introductory...
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The Wealth Gap Between Congress and Voters Is... →
Both The New York Times and The Washington Post have separate reports today about the widening wealth gap between members of Congress and the people they represent. Almost half of all Congresspeople are millionaires and their median net worth has climbed to $913,000, compared to $100,000 for the rest of America households. According to the Post, that number drops to $725,000 when excluding home...
“People just get things wrong. They read them wrong, or remember them wrong or...”
– What Is Good Fact-Checking? | Mother Jones (via rubenfeld)
“We really ought to let campaigns raise the money they need and just get rid of...”
– GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, trying to distance himself from a super PAC founded by his former aides to support his bid for the GOP nomination.
Romney has spoken at the same group’s fundraising events. Six months prior, his spokeswoman said of the group: “We are pleased that independent...
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Watchnationalgeographicmagazine:
Inside North Korea Cross into North Korea, one of the world’s most secretive nations, for a rare glimpse of the country and its dictator Kim Jong II.
Watchtheatlanticvideo:
The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club
Joshuah Bearman’s “Baghdad Country Club” is a stranger-than-fiction story that begins with a chance conversation between two guys stranded in the Baghdad airport. Here, the tale comes to life through animation by Colleen Cox and sound design by Pat Walters. Baghdad Country Club was produced by The Atavist, a publishing house for...
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No Ordinary Counterfeit →
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Alarmingly sophisticated imitations of American currency have turned up all over the world and the false-paper trail leads to North Korea.
Stephen Mihm | New York Times Magazine | Jul 06
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“We have to abandon the arrogant belief that the world is merely a puzzle to be...”
– Vaclav Havel’s Critique of the West
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“How could the heavens be so cruel? Please come back, general. We cannot believe...”
– A Propaganda Tour of Kim Jong-Il’s Death
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“Why do you want to deny them their freedom when they’re fighting for your...”
– A 14-year-old girl calls out Rick Perry on gays in the military. Read more at National Journal
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“On the third weekend in March, while America was transfixed by the most exciting...”
– North Korea: The War Game
Dealing with North Korea could make Iraq look like child’s play—and the longer we wait, the harder it will get. That’s the message of a Pentagon-style war game involving some of this country’s most prominent foreign-policy strategists.
Scott Stossel on...
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“Kim Jong Il has an exceptionally discriminating palate. There is an episode I...”
– I Was Kim Jong Il’s Cook
True stories from the Dear Leader’s onetime chef
Kim Jong-Un Privately Doubting He's Crazy Enough... →
Nobody does breaking news like The Onion. NOBODY.
VICE: North Korean Labor Camps. →
VICE sneaks into North Korea’s secret Russian labor camps. Read more.
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“Far from being a Confucian or Stalinist patriarchy, in other words, North Korea...”
– Kim Jong-Il is dead. What’s next for North Korea? B.R. Myers pondered Dear Leader’s death in 2008. Read more at The Atlantic