there is a new documentary film making the rounds in sweden called “deadly game”. it suggests that playing video games makes children fat and violent.…
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the rss feed of le monde diplomatique continues to turn up interesting nuggets. while the writing is too voltarean (read 18th century grandiloquence) to easily…
Leave a CommentBambi San Francisco writes on CBS’s marketwatch For instance, I haven’t joined the Spoke service, yet I became one of the 13 million searchable people…
Leave a Commentin this weekend’s globe and mail, there is more debunking of the american dream. apparently, for the less advantaged if you really want your children…
Leave a Commentsocial opportunity is on the run too. in early december, businessweek noted that significant social mobility had dropped by two thirds from 1978. the nation…
Leave a Commentsince i’ve been back in toronto, i’ve received two newspapers each day. the globe & mail which is known as a national paper (although it…
Leave a Commentthe americans are in need of democracy aid from the rest of the world, say two young swedes. i’m not certain whether charity towards the…
Leave a Commentwhen i was in moscow, i knew many people who had lived through the stalin period. mainly the parents and grandparents of my friends. it…
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