Mar
20
The TimesTalks Mad Men reunion on FORA.tv kicks off in about an hour. Just to get the heart racing a little more, check out Newsweek‘s effort: A special retro-modern issue. The magazine’s editors have “literally taken a page from Newsweek’s past—recreating the sleek, iconic look of the magazine during the swinging ’60s, but with all …
Mar
09
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes to the podium, his speeches are often streaked with firebrand rhetoric against the West, and toward the United States and Israel in particular. On several occasions he has made ambiguous threats against both countries, even threatening to “wipe Israel off the face of the Earth.” When considered in context …
Mar
07
After last night’s Super Tuesday wins in six states, including a key, but tenuous, victory in Ohio, Mitt Romney retains his lead as the GOP frontrunner. Rick Santorum made an impressive stand in Ohio and also picked up victories in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee– three states that have a resoundingly conservative voting population. There …
Feb
22
Let’s take a trip back in time. Two years ago on May 6, early in the day, the U.S. stock markets were hit by worries over the Greek debt crisis (sound familiar?). Then at 2:42, the market plunged 500 points in 5 minutes for a total of 1000 points for the day. The trading day, …
Feb
16
In order to keep up with constantly changing trends in Silicon Valley, technology companies are often forced to abide by the saying, “innovate or die,” which often means trying to do the impossible: predict the future. In a recent speech, Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook recently hinted the future might be in the development of their …
Feb
06
Despite a heightened national awareness telling us to avoid unhealthy foods and get proper exercise, it seems that our collective waistline continues to grow bigger, creating a slew of health problems from heart disease to Type 2 diabetes in both children and adults. Even though as Americans we often embrace the freedom to eat whatever …
Feb
02
The clarion call is loud and clear from the Occupy Wall Street movement, from libertarians and Democrats and Republicans, from the middle and lower class, and now, from Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor and one of America’s true free thinkers: Campaign money has thoroughly corrupted Congress. Lessig, in a Long Now Foundation talk, lays out …
Feb
01
Facebook files for an IPO and moves one step closer to world domination. Fallon to Parker: Is Facebook the End Game? from WIRED and The Economist on FORA.tv
Feb
01
Brian Fung over at the Atlantic.com has written a fascinating article on why voters continue to have misgivings about Mitt Romney. To Fung, the problem lies in what robotic researchers call “the uncanny valley.” The more a robot looks real, the more likely we are to feel positively towards it. But when the robot begins …
Feb
01
Why is the country so partisan? In the past, Republicans and Democrats were known to be friends, spending time with each other outside of work. That began to change, according to Congressman Barney Frank, when a certain politician came to Washington in the late 1970s. Barney Frank on Newt Gingrich’s Political Legacy from The New …