Tom Friedman, Will You Practice What You Preach?
Editor’s Note: For those who have not heard of him, Thomas L. Friedman is a well-known opinionator at the New York Times. A list of ...
Month: January 2010
Some Thoughts on Academic Freedom
September 11, 2001 was a defining day of my life. My office was on Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center. ...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 24 – January 30)
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Cultural & Religious Defamation Tacitly Accepted By New York Times Editors?- Our Perspectives
Editor’s Note: An avid reader of this Blog brought this issue to our attention. This reader also informed us that letters to the NYT editors had...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 17 – January 23)
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The Banking System Is Fine But The Financial System Is Still Broken
We heard Robert Albertson, Chief Strategist at Sandler O’Neill, make this comment to CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo in December 2009. We were struck by the ...
Humor in Territorial Disputes at the United Nations – A Reader’s Contribution
Editor’s Note: The story below was sent to us from an avid reader of this Blog. It made us smile. An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred rec...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 9 – January 16)
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Cultural Supremacism in a Time Article & of Time’s Editors?
It is a maxim of ours that lack of education leads to ignorance and ignorance leads to cultural supremacism, a dangerous form of religious prejudice and racism....
New York City’s Next Idea Contest – Won by Indian Institute of Technology Students
Editor’s Note: We are indebted to Mr. Raj Mundhe for bringing this story to our attention. Mr. Mundhe, an avid reader and an old friend, is a noted financ...