You might want to click the “cc” button at the bottom of the video (when it’s playing) to turn on subtitles. Link: http://youtu.be/G0zf7EWZET0 by … Continue reading
Category Archives: Current events
As AndrĂ© Schiffrin pointed out in a short article in the December 17 issue The Nation magazine, the absorption of Penguin into the Bertelsmann publishing empire will create a single company that will publish about a fourth of all books … Continue reading
An 80-page report from the Pew Forum (PDF) published October 9 contains some interesting statistics about the current state of declining religious belief in the United States. In the latest survey, 2.4 percent describe themselves as atheists, 3.3 as agnostics, … Continue reading
Aside from winds and water last night my area of North Carolina has escaped any of the bad effects of Hurricane Sandy, but I feel for those further north who are experiencing the worst of it. I grew up at … Continue reading