Sophie In North Korea
- Go to North Korea if you can. It is very, very strange.
- If it is January, disregard the above. It is very, very cold.
- Nothing I’d read or heard beforehand really prepared me for what we saw.
Tavis Smiley on Obama and MLK’s legacy — www.cbsnews.com — Readability
Our future as a nation depends on how seriously we take the legacy of Dr. King: Justice for all, service to others, and a love that liberates people.
A Casualty on the Battlefield of Amazon’s Partisan Book Reviews – NYTimes.com
“Books used to die by being ignored, but now they can be killed — and perhaps unjustly killed,” said Trevor Pinch, a Cornell sociologist who has studied Amazon reviews. “In theory, a very good book could be killed by a group of people for malicious reasons.”
Obama’s Startling Second Inaugural – James Fallows – The Atlantic
I was expecting an anodyne tone-poem about healing national wounds, surmounting partisanship, and so on. As has often been the case, Obama confounded expectations — mine, at least.
Shamus Khan: The Flu and Why Paid Sick Days Matter | TIME.com
While we typically look to doctors and medicines in a health crisis, we should recognize that guaranteeing paid sick days to workers could do as much, if not more, to help moderate the impact of influenza and other contagious diseases.
A life lived is not about things | The View From Mrs. Sundberg’s Window | A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, from American Public Media
Mindful then, that a life lived is not about things, but there are things in a lived life.
How Much Can Restitution Help Victims of Child Pornography? – NYTimes.com
The idea is to contain the harm: it happened then, and it’s not happening anymore. But how do you do that when these images are still out there? The past is still the present, which turns the hallmarks of treatment on their head.
Exclusive: Boy Scouts close to ending ban on gay members, leaders – U.S. News
The Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members or parents. Under this proposed policy, the BSA would not require any chartered organization to act in ways inconsistent with that organization’s mission, principles or religious beliefs,” he said.
Love Story : Richard Panek
These books, like the papers and magazines on my desk, have been long untouched; they, too, have outlasted their urgency. But I can’t just jam them down the trash chute. I can’t just cast them out on the street. They’re books!
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What Gun Owners Really Want – Walter Kirn | New Republic
Firearms exist to manage situations where rationality has failed, so thinking rationally about them can be hard.
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After Ten Years: Enduring Lessons | Wayne Hale’s Blog
Better to ask a foolish question than to allow a mistake to be made. What is the worst that could happen to you? Lose your job? Lose the respect of your peers? Miss out on a promotion? Letting a mistake go unchallenged has other consequences: funerals, program shutdown, and life-long regret. Make your choice wisely – speak up rather than remain silent. If the organization can’t stand that, it’s the organization that needs to change.
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Attention ‘artisan authors’: digital self-publishing is harder than it looks – Alasdair Stuart
A podcast, a blog or digital publishing as a whole is simply a different road. It’s not a shortcut.
Jared Diamond’s Guide to Reducing Life’s Risks – NYTimes.com
This calculation illustrates the biggest single lesson that I’ve learned from 50 years of field work on the island of New Guinea: the importance of being attentive to hazards that carry a low risk each time but are encountered frequently.
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