If the world were a village of 1000 people:
Microsoft founder Bill Gates pitched a new form of capitalism on Thursday that would help better serve the neglected poor Read the rest of this entry »
Television news is another area that used to be roped off from the profit motive. When Walter Cronkite died last week, it was odd to see news anchor after news anchor talking about how much better the news coverage was back in Cronkite’s day. I thought, “Gee, if only you were in a position to do something about it.”
Given that we all want health and spend trillions to “care” for it, it’s sobering how little thought we give to its true meaning. Read the rest of this entry »
Dahlia Lithwick, writing in Slate, said
It’s easy to look at the soon-to-be-former governor of Alaska as an iconic feminist, a path-breaking working mother, or noble rabble-rousing populist. But when the dust settles, the lesson may be that she was simply a woman who made no sense.