http://www.thinkingagain.net Thoughts and after-thoughts on current affairs, music, food and more by a news addict in the knowledge business. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:22:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am all for the respect of differences but have we gone too far? This is the "footnote" from a company looking for new staff: The [Company Name] is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, domestic partner status, ancestry, national ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=195 Two news today that drive me crazy: 1. Venezuela blows up pedestrians bridges between its territory and Colombia's, claiming smugglers and militia cross it. Yes, maybe, but do you really want to destroy expensive infrastructure in a poor country? Is there a not another way to stop the alleged presence of ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=180 Vanity Fair has done a fun exercise of editing Sarah Palin's resignation speech of a few weeks back. It's also worth just looking at the pages from afar and see how much work was needed to make the intervention just even decent. http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=169 Michael Jackson has apparently just died of cardiac arrest. CNN, having no details on the story besides showing a crowd in front of a hospital, is reading emails from fans, including this one: Michael, you had the greatest heart and the best music". Hellooooo!!!!!! The guy just passed away after ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=163 A really good article in the New York Times about Twitter and how technology is the spine of the current protests in Iran. http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=161 Watching the Iranian elections story develop is fascinating. To those in the US who can't prevent themselves from commenting on current events in Iran, and especially on the vote count, one could offer the reminder of the US 2000 elections. And 2008 as well: if Minnesota can't count votes after ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=160 A great op-ed in the New York Times on a persistently-forgotten group in the Middle East comprehensive peace plan: Jews kicked out of Arab countries. http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=159 When I was a grad student, my history professor gave us a test of what he called "heuristic method". He would give us a one line sentence - usually a statement from a world leader that would seem trivial at first glance - and we would have to infer and ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=157 On the spurrrrr of the moment, I got a last minute reservation at French Laundry in Napa which is definitely worth its 3 Michelin stars. First, Napa valley is gorgeous, with its hills of green and brown tones. Second, seeing the chefs from the restaurant running across the street to ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=155 From Foreign Policy: As food prices skyrocketed over the last two years, countries and state-sponsored companies were quietly snapping up land around the world. Few noticed when South Korea began investing in farms in Madagascar, or when China, Japan, Libya, Egypt, and Persian Gulf countries acquired farmland in Laos, Cambodia, Burma, ... http://www.thinkingagain.net/?p=154