Archive for the 'The Most Interesting Thing I Read Today' Category
Maybe an exhaustive story detailing the history and ultimately the failure of the War On Drugs doesn’t sound like an exciting read to you, and the fact that this topic has been covered hundreds if not thousands of times would seem to limit the appeal of a new examination. But this article, oddly from Rolling […]
Here is the NY Times article detailing the life of kids on ‘mag crews’, the annoying phenomenon that rings your bell and tells you they’re collecting points for a paid vacation etc. The reality is much more grim…
violence, drug use, indebtedness and cheating of customers during their cross-country travels….Daniel Burrus scrolled through digital photographs of […]
Have A Burger Before That Salad Kills You
Closed Published by eightparts June 3rd, 2007 on Eight PartsThe Consumerist did a little study of those healthy alternatives all the fast food joints are serving and discovered that in order to get people to choke down the greens you pretty much have to make them lethal:
Turns out that Wendy’s Garden Sensations Mandarin Chicken Salad outweighs their 1/4-lb. double-stack cheeseburger by three times (447g […]
You can’t stop this guy. Last night he proved God existed on Nightline. This after disproving evolution (via bananas no less). Here’s a Slate article on the ‘debate’ which links you to the underlying footage should you need it. My favorite part:
In Cameron’s introductory remarks at the debate—which can be seen at something like its […]
A real letter to the editor which finally nails the cause of global warming.
Note that in addition to the letter’s content, they couldn’t even get the headline spelling correct. Unless it really does exacerbate the “Warning”.
Thanks to A2 & A3
I don’t want my kids learnin’ evolution! Where should I go?
Closed Published by eightparts April 4th, 2007 on Eight PartsIllinois, Mississippi, or South Carolina?
The answer, surprising as it is can be found on this map which reviews the status of evolution in science classrooms across the country.
If you have the time, feel free to scroll through the comments under the map. This is frighteningly typical of the anti-evolution crowd:
Dear Sir,
If you believe that […]
Maybe you listened to the Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins interviews on NPR? Maybe not.
I thought they both sounded reasonable and sharp, and to some extent it’s possible to see how in debate they just end up talking past one another. Dawkins is calling for a scientific examination of god, Collins is saying that such […]
Haven’t had enough? Fresh Air had Richard Dawkins yesterday and will have Francis Collins today. Good stuff. You can listen to both here.
The broader the major printed on your college degree, the more likely it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on. This isn’t really news. We’re all familiar with the somewhat existential question, ‘what is Communications?’. But as attaining a degree has become the norm, the act of simply completing that task has […]
If You Needed A Reason To Hate Georgia
Closed Published by eightparts January 25th, 2007 on Eight PartsESPN has a good recap/update of the Generalow Wilson case, a high school athlete who was given a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison thanks to an archaic and since repealed Georgia law and the mentally stunted prosecutors who pursued. If you haven’t the time, some of the choice bits…
When he was a […]