interesting things
A video archive of the most memorable moments in U.S. presidential debates wouldn’t feature many exchanges over taxes, schools or national security. It would be more like a blooper reel.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/the-goofs-and-gaffes-in-presidential-debates/
The mainstream media are frequently faulted as biased against conservative causes. But it seems a dubious notion when the ownership of the megaphone is increasingly up for grabs.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/business/media/challenging-the-claims-of-media-bias-the-media-equation.html
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary clarified the meaning of “family relationships†in immigration-policy language: the reference does include gay partners.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/us/homeland-security-puts-it-in-writing-on-immigration-policy-and-gay-couples.html
Saudi Arabia on Friday began expelling more than a thousand Nigerian women on a religious pilgrimage because they had arrived without male guardians.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-nigerians-expelled.html
In the Bronx, where more than 30 percent of people live below the poverty line, the city is spending $97 million to build an unnecessary 18-hole golf course to be operated by Donald J. Trump.
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Guess who’s enthusiastic.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/not-the-election-they-were-expecting/
Muslim moderates have been fighting back. While it’s not clear whether the trend can be sustained, it’s certainly worth watching.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/opinion/friedman-backlash-to-the-backlash.html
Studies of more than 50,000 people who watched the Games depict vast shifts in how people watch television, especially with second devices like tablets or smartphones.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/business/media/nbc-unpacks-trove-of-viewer-data-from-london-olympics.html
Former and current students at Stuyvesant High School say lower-level cheating is part of the culture, and students employ several rationales for choosing to be dishonest.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/education/stuyvesant-high-school-students-describe-rationale-for-cheating.html
Conservative politicians in Britain have been criticized for their handling of women’s issues. Two quips by the prime minister, now nicknamed “Mr. Butch,” haven’t helped.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/europe/26iht-letter26.html