I am a loyal to the , and it’s a magazine that I would strongly recommend to anyone, regardless of your political persuasion. The Atlantic Magazine Online has probably the best set of in the blogosphere, and it’s part of my daily blog-reading routine covering both sides of the political spectrum. Jeffrey Goldberg was recently on The Colbert Report, and his interview can be seen here:
Monthly Archive for December, 2008
This film was put together in just a week by Marc Shaiman in response to the fact that musical director Scott Eckern, the musical director of Sacramento’s California Musical Theater, had donated money to the Yes-on-Prop 8 campaign, who has since resigned. Enjoy!
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A great photo montage of Isla Vista, the student ghetto just off of UC Santa Barbara, my alma mater:
This is an . After eight years of the Bush Administration’s , it only seems fitting that CNN has decided to close their Science, Space and Tech unit, with CNN deciding that Anderson Cooper’s is enough coverage as it is for science and technology. It doesn’t make sense to me to pile yet more duties on an already overworked journalist at CNN who seems to be everywhere when a news story breaks, whether it be politics, natural disasters, celebrity gossip and more.
At a time when the country is not churning out enough scientists, and science funding is on the wane, the last thing one of the world’s largest news agencies should do is cut a division that had only 6 producers and 1 reporter, Miles O’Brien, that covered a wide array of scientific and technological stories around the world. Unfortunately, programming about celebrity gossip and scandals bring in the big bucks, whereas stories on science and technology are seen as dry and unprofitable.
The post-election era is less than a month old, and it seems that the media is in search of the next big story to cover. After two years of covering a dramatic Presidential primary and general election, the media needs some sort of conflict to report on in order to increase its ratings.
The customary “honeymoon” for president-elect Obama is still in effect, considering the in regards to his cabinet selections thus far, and his attempts at filling the leadership void in the current economic crisis less than two months before moving into the White House. But I can’t help get the feeling that the media is sending strong hints about what conflicts they’ll be looking for once Obama assumes office on January 20. Already and have written about possible infighting among Democrats once they take power. Even the headlines are very similar (ie. Dems vs. Dems) Of course, we’ve seen , and it can happen again, right? Is it what they want? Time will only tell. I will add articles to this post as they appear in the media regarding Democratic infighting. My prediction is that we’ll be seeing a lot more of this, whether it’s stoking or reality.
New York Magazine last week released a showing the facial expressons of various people as they played video games. The games included Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto IV, various sports games and more. The expressions vary from person to person, but it is interesting to see the differing emotions of each person as they play. Some grit their teeth, others laugh, a few talk to the screen, one even cries, while some sit there expressionless.
It might be easy to predict the reactions of some people who watch this video. The older and perhaps more conservative crowd might be disturbed by the video, saying that it is violent and only serves to corrupt our children. Others will say that people are just having fun and letting off some steam. I see it as an interesting montage of people intensely focused, each person showing their odd tick of concentration, with perhaps one missing from the bunch.
I know that I purse my lips when playing video games.
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