2 days ago

MetaFilter It has been nearly a year since the Mumbai terror attacks. Journalist Jason Motlagh has written a four part article about them for The Virginia Quarterly Review. The first part is about the initial attacks and the history of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the terrorist organization responsible. Part two continues describing the events of (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

The Daily Dish A reader writes:The other piece of the new Trig-diagnosis story that doesn’t make sense is that I don’t know an ultrasound tech anywhere who would tell a person that there’s an abnormality. I’m bringing this up because I assume you and your husband haven’t been in this situation. They’ll tell you the gender (but they let th (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Snowywilderness from Google Reader: "Living well is the best revenge"George Herbert (1593 - 1633) David Seaton's News LinksThe Lisbon Treaty, the European Union's de facto constitution, is finally ready to roll out. For euroskeptics it is much too much and for many europhiles it is much too little. In my opinion it is just one more patient step toward Europea (Read More)

7 days ago

The Daily Dish The Atlantic has a wonderful article in the new issue by David Dobbs on how the same genes can be advantageous or debilitating:Gene variants generally considered misfortunes (poor Jim, he got the "bad" gene) can instead now be understood as highly leveraged evolutionary bets, with both high risks and high potential rewards: (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Huffington Post In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell makes a compelling case for the notion that the "self-made man" is a rare exception at best, but more often than not, a complete myth. Nowhere is this more true than in Hollywood. Several months ago I started working with a group of actors on what it takes to find consistent success (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Danger Room When Defense Secretary Bob Gates wanted to overhaul the Pentagon’s budget earlier this year, he took the unprecedented step on making everyone involved sign non-disclosure agreements. His staff set up an exclusive reading room for the financial documents. Only top-ranking generals—four stars—were allowed inside, and they we (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Huffington Post Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the expanded executive powers championed by his conservative predecessor, George W. Bush. This bipartisan a (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

The Daily Dish The Dish is very psyched to announce that the first edition of "The View From Your Window" is now available for purchase. You can preview the book here at Blurb.com, the print-on-demand company that is publishing the book. It's 200 pages of window views, selected from all the submissions sent in over the past three years, (Read More)

Oct 08, 2009

Submitted by Snowywilderness from Google Reader: Qwel used to be one of my top MCs in the early 2000s, but quickly fell as he became obsessed with religion and Christianity only a few years later. His lyrics have always been crazy deep and intricate, but he got fairly preachy and overly-complex (a la Aesop Rock) on his recent solo projects.His new album with Maker, luckil (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Snowywilderness from Google Reader: “The Sub Bass Diet showcases my love for 8 bit electronic sounds and digital rhythms. Inspired by dub reggae/dubstep, global street art culture and free form experimental producers like Flying Lotus, The Sub Bass Diet explores the power of drum & bass as the vehicle for transcendence.”Tracklist and link under the cut.DOWNLO (Read More)

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