[Link] Gladwell vs. Godin: A ‘Free’ free-for-all
Malcolm Gladwell thinks Chris Anderson’s Free might not be worth its price. Seth Godin disagrees.
Month: June 2009
Family destruction as spectacle
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, p. 1 In the past two weeks, America has seen no fewer than three highly public announcements of family failure. Last week, it was Senator John Ensign’s admission of an extra-marital affair. Earlier this week, the … Read more
[Link] 10 Best Prison Breaks
10 Best Prison Breaks: I assure you, I assisted in none of these…
The great humanitarian scandal
The current financial crisis elicits explanations, excuses, and blame from the full breadth of the political spectrum. There are no shortages of would-be saviors to our pallid pocketbooks, and none loom as large as government–sponsored humanitarianism. It’s a view in which the gap between the rich and poor, widened by the abuse of power, must … Read more
The changing meaning of hate
Swift on the heels of the new definition of tolerance, the meaning of hate is being slowly eroded by the tides of cultural abuse. Take, for example, this recent report in the San Francisco Chronicle (emphasis mine): In papers filed Thursday night in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office argued … Read more
[Link] Jet Cyclist Hits 73 MPH and Lives to Tell the Tale
I’ve got to get me one of these…