It’s hard to miss Terry Gross if you are a commuter in Silicon Valley. As much as I intend to leave the office in time to hear the endlessly entertaining Kai Ryssdal, by the time I have shut down the computer … Continue reading →

[Time warp... I started this post a couple of weeks back and only finished it today - ed] I love the show RadioLab (from W-Y-N …CCCCC!). It’s an hour-long show but I never get to listen to it because I can … Continue reading →

The News of the World began Murdock’s journey to media domination nearly 40 years ago. Let’s hope it ends it too. We always knew you were shit. But we never knew you were this shit. It says here that the … Continue reading →

Ooh! They almost had me. But then i remembered the time difference. A few short weeks from now, with the world looking on, William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor will exchange rings with Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, and much of Britain will … Continue reading →

This is as fine a definition of virtue as I have ever seen. Why is self-assertion important? “We have a responsibility to live well. Our challenge is to act as if we respect ourselves. Enjoying ourselves is not enough.” But … Continue reading →

Sir Tim’s Ted talk was pretty silly but his interweb thingie is pretty cool and the true story deserves to be told. Now, for the first time, Verity Stob has that story. Here, for the first time on the series … Continue reading →

In the old days, we ran to USGS for our earthquake news. Now we run to Twitter. USGS should keep up with the times.

I’ve lost track… are conservatives for or against political correctness?

I just watched the Cramer interview on The Daily Show. Awesome. Of the many, many blogs about the show, the most astute is Glen Greenwald’s in Salon who draws the broader picture – the only journalism happening on TV is … Continue reading →