Friday, November 29, 2002

In Media Res. Will the economic interests of the media undermine objective news coverage? By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] And the informal rule against blatantly partisan reporting has also gone away -- at least as long as you are partisan in the right direction. 2:48:42 PM    comment []  trackback []

Don't forget: International Buy Nothing Day: November 29th Buy Nothing Day -- falling on the day after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping day of the year in the US -- is a celebration of simplicity; it's about living with less stuff; it's about moving a consumer culture onto a sustainable path. If each of us must shop at a fevered pitch to keep our economy going, how secure are we, really? In 2000, in over 30 countries, an estimated one million people paused from buying, postered their cities, performed street theater, etc. See also >Center for a New American Dream. 12:04:15 PM    comment []  trackback []

Wired does Chanukah Wired: "There's an old joke: Someone asks a rabbi, 'What's the essence of all Jewish holidays?' He thinks for a minute and says, 'They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat.'" [Scripting News] Hard on the heels of Turkey Day. Chanukah starts tonight, making a short year even shorter. 8:09:03 AM    comment []  trackback []

NYT.  "We wish all of you closer to the center of our home planet a happy Thanksgiving." [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 7:59:53 AM    comment []  trackback []

Why doesn't anyone ever do the math? BBC.  The study shows that each year more than a quarter-of-a-million people in China are taking their own lives. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] China's rate is half Japan's, less half than Western Europe's. What's different is who (it's only country where rate for women exceeds rate for men), why (less due to "mental illness" than in the west) and how (drinking pesticides, which are "easily available"). Yeow. 7:58:29 AM    comment []  trackback []