Daily Digest of Links

Oct
7

Links for Oct 7, 2010

Submitted by Matt Beck on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 10:11

Some of Nate Silver's articles should be required reading, and this is one of them:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/understanding-and-mi...

 

I like the premise of this article. To people comparing America to Rome, I usually say "Rome had a 1000 year run. We're doing just fine."

http://www.tnr.com/blog/foreign-policy/78216/america-in-decline-thomas-f...

 

Global warming deniers have hijacked a respected scientists reputation.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43233.html

 

I'm seriously glad this has been figured out. A mystery plague on honey bees just seems too Biblical and counter-natural. It messed with my sense of order in the world a little bit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html?_r=1

Oct
6

Links for Oct 6, 2010

Submitted by Matt Beck on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 05:16

David Frum trying to take it down a notch (and more power to him)

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/04/frum.road.serfdom/index.html

  

Michael Lind in Salon discussing American Plutocracy

http://www.salon.com/news/us_economy/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2...

  

Another excellent article in the Washington Post about income inequality

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/05/AR201010...

 

A little bit fear mongering, a little bit truthiness, but a nice summary nonetheless

http://www.benzinga.com/10/10/507664/11-long-term-trends-that-are-destro...

 

A strong defense of Russ Feingold in Politics Daily. Whatever you think of his politics, it's hard to deny that Russ is a class act.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/04/wisconsins-russ-feingold-in-peri...

 

Review of Eugene Robinson's new book. Worth reading just for it's last paragraph.

http://www.tnr.com/book/review/the-integration-jitters

 

Oct
3

Links for Oct 3, 2010

Submitted by Matt Beck on Sun, 10/03/2010 - 12:31

Christian Amanpour has an interesting town hall on Muslim fever in America.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/

Nerdy and thoughfull, Nate Silver's take on Polling Averages.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

Jonathan Cohn arguing in favor of Democrats with balls.
http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/78098/Russ-Feingold-Campaign-Ad-De...

Good take on the state of the midterms by Jeff Zeleny.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/us/politics/03campaign.html?hp

I'm interested in hearing more about the Republicans that David Brooks talks about in this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/opinion/01brooks.html?partner=rssnyt&e...