- Wall St. Journal Makes Politics Its Business
“People see the hand of Murdoch whether it’s there or not.” (journalism politics washingtonpost wsj) - The science of religion | Where angels no longer fear to tread | Economist.com
Religion cries out for a biological explanation.. It has none of the obvious benefits of that other marker of humanity, language. Nevertheless, it consumes huge amounts of resources. Moreover, unlike language, it is the subject of violent disagreements. (economist religion research science) - ‘I have become an embarrassment’ | Family and relationships | Life and Health
John Smithers is a pseudonym. He was talking to Jocasta Shakespeare. (british crime guardian sad sex) - Cover story: ‘China’s new intelligentsia’ by Mark Leonard | Prospect Magazine March 2008 issue 144
The idea is to avoid confrontation while changing the facts on the ground… they hope to build pockets of an alternative reality–as in Africa–where it is Chinese values and norms that increasingly determine the course of events rather than western on (article asia china economics ideas politics) - Amber Marks reports on the increase in olfactory surveillance
The US has similar plans for moths, bees, wasps and cockroaches, and Russia has cross-bred jackals with dogs for an enhanced sense of smell. Even yeast has been genetically manipulated to react to molecules of interest to the security services. (article british crime drugs science security) - The Topic Is Race; the Art Is Fearless - New York Times
It’s also in our art, which, at its contrarian and ambiguous best, is always on the job, probing, resisting, questioning and traveling miles ahead down the road. (art criticism nyt race) - WrestleMania’s lead-in: ‘Nipplegate’
Even more unsettling is the fact that government is partly responsible for the missing areolas on the banner that hangs on the side of the Lynx office building, facing Interstate 4, and promotes this weekend’s WrestleMania. (advertising news sex)
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