Month: August 2014

‘Incredible’ rate of polar ice loss alarms scientists | Environment | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland ‘Incredible’ rate of polar ice loss alarms scientists The planet’s two

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/upshot/inequality-and-web-search-trends.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone In the hardest places to live in the United States, people spend a lot of time thinking about diets and religion. In the easiest

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/opinion/paul-krugman-why-we-fight.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad A century has passed since the start of World War I, which many people at the time declared was “the war to end all

The Truth About Executive Order 12333 – Alexander W. Joel – POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/the-truth-about-executive-order-12333-110121.html#.U_K8LNm9Kc0 The Truth About Executive Order 12333 In the Aug. 14 issue

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/opinion/sunday/teaching-is-not-a-business.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad TODAY’S education reformers believe that schools are broken and that business can supply the remedy. Some place their faith in the idea of competition.

Any American Can Take Any Police Officer’s Photo – Atlantic Mobile http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/08/you-can-take-any-police-officers-photo/376064/ Any American Can Take Any Police Officer’s Photo Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Police in Ferguson,

Mr. Natural (his legal name) has been an icon in the Haight for the better part of four decades. The man has seen it all,

Film-maker defies China’s censors to reveal horrors of the Great Famine | World | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/china-censors-film-maker-horrors-great-famine Film-maker defies China’s censors to reveal horrors of