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Earlier today, Big Think reader Tricia Adams forwarded us an article highlighting "33 Interesting and Inspiring Academics Worth Following on Twitter," which she thought might be of interest to you, […]
This week, I joined the Sidney Hillman Foundation as the lead blogger for the Hillman Blog. The Hillman Foundation was founded to honor Sidney Hillman the late founder and president […]
SUPER 8 is the only movie I've seen this year that's worth thinking about. I haven't, of course, seen that many. Posts on movies now in theatres on blogs by […]
It only took two minutes of reading about the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) to see why the president has gone gaga over this. The possibility of using such tiny […]
An official with the arch conservative Koch Industries delivered a stinging rebuke to Sen. Patty Murray of the DSCC for attempting to solicit a contribution: For many months now, your […]
Attorney Jill Filipovic has a terrific primer for reporters covering rape cases. Her post was inspired by this story in Mother Jones about the Jamie Leigh Jones/KBR rape case. Jones […]
Currently collaborating with the British poet Rick Holland, music producer Brian Eno has seen speech take on different qualities when it is set to music. "We are all singing," he says.
Since 2007, Yoani Sánchez has been keeping a blog about her life as a Cuban. While the experiences are hers, she speaks for a generation of Cubans held back by dictatorship.
Now that Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid News of the World is the subject of an official police investigation over bribery and hacking claims, it has been shut down. Is the move smoke and mirrors?
While investors are salivating over the Web’s hottest start-ups, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, long reticent of technology companies, has no plans to take the plunge.
Currently under house arrest in England, revolutionary journalist Julian Assange is fighting to avoid being extradited to Sweden. The popular Swiss art curator Hans Obrist interviewed him.
When artist Joan Mitchell was born in 1925, her father wanted a boy. He let her know that her entire life, leading her to seek psychiatric help. As much as […]
Some weeks ago, I wrote a piece on what education can learn from game design. Back then I focused on artificial intelligence. Two days ago, I read another interesting piece […]
Quick post - you might want to watch some of the Etna webcams as the volcano looks like it might be starting to put on a show. Dr. Boris Behncke […]
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If you choose to go to this other country, you really should obey the laws, including the laws about currency exchange.
This is the first of a few guests posts that will come up while I'm out in the field in the Sierras. Today's post is my a longtime friend of […]
It was so ordained that James, rather than Rupert Murdoch, announced the closure of the News of the World, the 168 year old tabloid, after the presses roll this Sunday. […]
In her introductory video for “Pottermore,” the recently unveiled web portal for all things Potter, J. K. Rowling promises an enhanced multimedia experience for “the digital generation.” She also announces […]
Usually I'm a pretty reasonable person. However, over the past day, various items in the media have begun to drive me mad. Maybe I've been watching too much of Ramsay's […]
Fox News is going on the offensive against its nemesis, the liberal think tank Media Matters. Over the past ten days, the network has run more than 30 segments calling […]