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In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of Evolution
In recent papers, Dr. [Martin] Nowak has argued that cooperation is one of the three basic principles of evolution. The other two are mutation and selection. On their own, mutation and selection can transform a species, giving rise to new traits like limbs and eyes. But cooperation is essential for life to evolve to a new level of organization. Single-celled protozoa had to cooperate to give rise to the first multicellular animals. Humans had to cooperate for complex societies to emerge.
I include this excerpt and the one below in the media section because they show why the 35-plus year campaign by a few right-wing rich families to convince Americans that greed is good has failed and will continue to fail. I’d write a book about it if I could find a publisher.
Who’s Minding the Mind?
The subconscious brain is more active, independent and purposeful than once thought. Sometimes it takes charge… New studies have found that people tidy up more thoroughly when there’s a faint tang of cleaning liquid in the air; they become more competitive if there’s a briefcase in sight, or more cooperative if they glimpse words like “dependable” and “support” — all without being aware of the change, or what prompted it.
Refreshing Fare
[W]e suggest readers might find the following two articles a refreshing respite from the Am not-Are too deluge: In a piece for McClatchy Newspapers on Friday entitled “Clinton’s foreign record questioned,” Matt Stearns took the time to examine just what experience, exactly, Clinton keeps referring to… The other piece, in today’s Boston Herald, takes a historical look at speaking to dictators: “No harm in talking to tyrants: Presidents have long done just that.”… Actual reporting and historical reality trump stenography every time.
Soldier denies Tillman berated him in battle
[A] chaplain told investigators that [Sgt. Bryan] O’Neal said [Pat] Tillman was harsh in his last moments, snapping, ’Would you shut your (expletive) mouth? God’s not going to help you; you need to do something for yourself, you sniveling …” “He never would have called me ‘sniveling,”’ O’Neal said. “I don’t remember ever speaking to this chaplain, and I find this characterization of Pat really upsetting. He never once degraded me. He’s the only person I ever worked for who didn’t degrade anyone. He wasn’t that sort of person.”
Shedding Pen Name, Private Says He’s ‘Baghdad Diarist’
The decision of an Army private who has been writing anonymously for The New Republic to reveal his identity has not quieted critics at the rival Weekly Standard who continue to question the accuracy of the soldier’s deeply critical accounts from Iraq.
O’Hanlon Contradicts His Own Research To Portray Surge As Successful
In today’s New York Times, Brookings analysts Michael O’Hanlon and Ken Pollack argue that “the administration’s critics seem unaware of the significant changes taking place” as a result of the President’s surge strategy in Iraq. Just last week — on July 26 — O’Hanlon published a starkly different assessment of the conditions in Iraq.
Should everyone vote?
Jonah Goldberg: We test immigrants before they can go to the polls; why not everyone else?
Novak On YouTube Debate: ‘It Was Really Disgusting’
Appearing on Bloomberg Television this weekend, Novak said of the YouTube debate, “I thought it was really disgusting. … The reporters were terrible but this was ludicrous.” Novak argued, “You know when we did away with the monarchy and went through democracy, there was a lot of fear that this sort of thing would happen. It took 200 years but we got there.”
Oh Dear God, Make Them Stop: The Hill Picks The Most Beautiful List
Just proving once again that politics really is a beauty pageant, the publication The Hill puts out their “Hottest on the Hill” list. The only consolation? Nancy Pelosi is on the list.
BTP 1, David Brooks Zero
Brooks claimed that earnings for the working poor had risen by 80 percent since 1991. In fact, this claim only applied to families with children, there were no gains in earnings for low-income families without children. Brooks acknowleged this error in his column this morning, although he did not also point out that earnings for these families have fallen by 20 percent since 2001, or that the vast majority of the gains in earnings were offset by a loss in benefits. Nor did he acknowledge any of the other misleading statements in that column, but it’s a start.
USA Today Wants You to Believe That the Baby Boomers Will Break Disability
In Monday’s paper, USA Today reports on a growing backlog of disability cases being processed by the Social Security administration. The article tells us that the aging of the baby boomers is a main cuplrit and the problem will get worse as the boomers continue to age. Actually, the problem won’t get worse, or at least the problem won’t get worse because the boomers are aging. Disabled people of working age get disability benefits. When workers hit age 62, they qualify for retirement benefits, whether or not a disability keeps them from working.
Wash. Post said Bush wiretapping program covered calls where “one party had been tied to al-Qaeda”
[A]s Media Matters has repeatedly noted…, several news articles in 2006 reported that the warrantless eavesdropping program was not limited to calls in which one party was “tied to al-Qaeda,” but that it also ensnared thousands of Americans with no ties to any terrorist group. For instance, on November 25, 2006, The New York Times reported that “government officials involved” in the wiretapping program “have said that it has often led to dead ends and to people with no clear links to terrorism.”
Wash. Post reported Republican claim of “do-nothing” Congress, ignored GOP “obstructionist” strategy
[W]hile [Jonathan] Weisman noted that Democrats “have passed half” of their “6 for ‘06″ domestic legislative agenda, he left out the role of Senate Republicans in blocking Democratic initiatives, which they have done at an unprecedented rate — apparently as part of what Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-MS) has described as an “obstructionist” strategy.
Kurtz allowed political appointee Cullum to compare Bush U.S. attorney firings to Clinton’s without challenge*
Except for approximately five seconds of on-screen text, [Blanquita] Cullum was not identified as a Bush appointee, even while she defended the Bush administration’s controversial firings of nine U.S. attorneys by attacking former President Bill Clinton’s administration.* Further, while discussing the controversy surrounding apparent contradictions in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’ testimony relating to the ongoing U.S. attorney scandal, [Howard] Kurtz allowed Cullum to make a misleading comparison in defense of the U.S. attorneys scandal — comparing them to President Clinton’s removal of 93 U.S. attorneys when he took office.
Scientific oddities will always catch the reporter’s eye
For the Lancet Press release corresponding to the 21 July 2007 issue, we covered five topics: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, blood pressure, man with a tiny brain, and overseas doctors. Which one was picked up most by press worldwide? You guessed it, man with a tiny brain.
Greenspan: other groups interested in Dow Jones investment
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan said Monday that over five separate groups are now interested in investing in Dow Jones & Co., alongside his own Journal Investment Group. Greenspan, one of the founders of MySpace.com, has previously offered to acquire a stake in Dow Jones through a leveraged recapitalization, while investing in its online properties.
Wary of Dow Jones, The Financial Times Is Looking for a Media Partner
LONDON, July 30 — Pearson, the owner of The Financial Times, said Monday that it was talking to a number of potential partners about new ways to display the newspaper’s journalism as it weighed the effects of Rupert Murdoch’s bid for Dow Jones & Company, owner of The Wall Street Journal.
Newspaper Stocks Follow Dow Jones Off The Cliff
Investors sold off Dow Jones & Co. stock Monday as reports surfaced that too few Bancroft family shares would vote for Rupert Murdoch’s rich $60-a-share bid — and for good measure, they hammered down prices in the rest of the newspaper sector, too.
Flashes of the Obvious and How Great Movie Trailer Mashups Are
[A]fter [reading] a story in the NYTimes about the popularity of Jane Austen, I spent a couple hours on Saturday night emersed in the Jane Austen video mashups on Youtube. They are beautiful and creative and fascinating. Kids are taking either the trailer voiceover from the most recent moving, Becoming Jane, and mashing it with other videos… Massive copyright violation, but if I were the movie studios, I would be ecstatic.
Blogosphere At Age 10 Is Improving Journalism
Although hard to believe, this month marks the 10th anniversary of blogging. And what a milestone it is.
Blogging the Backstory
Reporters who are wondering what to blog about, take note of a post published today in Watchdog Earth, by Louisville Courier-Journal environment reporter James Bruggers: Covering the Army Corps of Engineers. It’s a great example of how a reporter’s blog can tie together past and ongoing stories, to give readers insight into the process of reporting.
Salon’s Walsh Shrugs Off HuffPo Threat
Salon.com Editor in Chief Joan Walsh: “Our traffic has doubled since Huffington Post came on the scene.”
Local lives
I care about local and so do most people I know, regardless of age. We care about our local taxes, restaurants, crimes, construction, economy, services, communities, neighborhoods, and gossip, too. I would take in more local reporting — more broadly definied — if it existed. I say we need more local reporting, not less, and it needs to get more local.
New Life on the Web for a Killed Newspaper Column
A column killed at The Los Angeles Times finds new life on a Web site called L.A. Observed.
Music From Independent Labels to Be Sold via Cellphones
EMusic plans to announce a deal with AT&T that will allow people to buy songs from independent labels through their cellphones, without going through a personal computer.
Environmentalists Push, but Home Depot Refuses to Drop Ads on Fox News
Activists are urging Home Depot to withdraw advertising from Fox News, whose hosts and commentators dismiss global warming as liberal hysteria.
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