Polymath's Guide to News and Ideas
Israel has plenty of tactics for war, but none for peace
GUARDIAN :All those involved, and most of those following the bloodshed in Gaza from afar, are sure who is in the right and who is in the wrong... READ MORE
Good news in income growth?
MACROBLOG :One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be more consistent in responding to questions and comments from the loyal readers of macroblog... READ MORE
From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE : Two years ago, the Dutch could quietly congratulate themselves on having brought what seemed to be a fair measure of consensus and reason to the meanest intersection in their national political life... READ MORE
Will stimulus plans go global?
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR :Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan is expected to reach historic proportions, but what the world could really use right now is something even bigger: similarly ambitious plans from the rest of the world... READ MORE
The Cinematical Team's Picks for the Best of 2008
CINEMATICAL : This just in: Cinematical loves movies. So I thought it would be smart to poll the Cine staff, get a bunch of Top 10s, send all the data over to Goss for the math, and then publish the list here for everyone to see... READ MORE
The List: What's In and Out for 2009
WASHINGTON POST : The dancing in the streets is getting old already, so here's where the dread takes over. (Dear wonderboy speechwriter: We could really use a "fear itself" about now.) Vacation homes are on the chopping block... READ MORE
Aggregate Demand and Finance and the Collapse in Trade
ECONBROWSER :The global financial crisis is drying up the financing that firms depend on for trade. That's making the global recession nastier and deeper than it otherwise would be... READ MORE
Ignoring the Oracles: You Are With the Free Markets, or Against Them
WSJ.COM: REAL TIME ECONOMICS : It’s hard to tell what’s more striking about Raghuram Rajan’s 2005 presentation at the Kansas City Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium... READ MORE
Multiple tiny earthquakes rattle Yellowstone. Could the big one be far behind?
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN :Any disaster fiend will tell you that Yellowstone National Park is long overdue for a monster eruption that could leave as much as half the U.S... READ MORE
The year in IPv4 addresses: almost 200 million served
ARS TECHNICA :One of the first things I do every year on the first of January is have a look at what happened with the IP address stockpile during the previous year... READ MORE
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
VENTUREBEAT : Since posting this story, we've had a lot of inquiries from readers, with questions ranging from whether Android is ready for laptops and full-scale PCs... READ MORE
My hopes for journalists in the future
SAVE THE MEDIA :Well, it’s 2009. So it’s time for some introspection. After much thought, I’ve come up with this list of my hopes for journalists — including me — in the coming year... READ MORE
Marijuana decriminalization law goes into effect
THE BOSTON GLOBE :It's no longer a crime to have one ounce or less of pot. The state's new marijuana decriminalization law, approved by voters in a November referendum, goes into effect today... READ MORE
The US Air Force: Armed with social media
WEB INK NOW : Recently I was checking out a bunch of people on Twitter who began to follow my updates @dmscott. When I went to @AFPAA I was surprised to see the Twitter ID belonged to the US Air Force... READ MORE
Evolution Arguments Headed for Islamic World
WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM : The next major battle over evolutionary theory is likely to occur not in the United States but in the Islamic world or in countries with large Muslim populations, because of rising levels of education and Internet access there... READ MORE
With Flickr Layoffs, Whither 'The Commons'?
EPICENTER : In mid-December, when Yahoo laid off George Oates, one of the original employees of the photo-sharing website Flickr... READ MORE
Top 10 Most Literate U.S. Cities
LIVESCIENCE : Once again, bookworms in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest have beaten out Yankee types to reach the very top of a researcher’s list of the most literate American cities... READ MORE
Biologists Learn Structure, Mechanism Of Powerful 'Molecular Motor' In Virus
SCIENCE DAILY : Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly... READ MORE
JPG Magazine Says Goodbye
1 JPG MAGAZINE : Today is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.We've spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself... READ MORE
101 Fascinating Brain Blogs
OEDB.ORG : Whether you are a specialist in the field of neuropsychology or just love reading about how the human brain works, there are plenty of interesting blogs on the Internet to help you find out more... READ MORE