Here’s a compelling article by Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon. Kahneman is famous for identifying numerous human heuristics and biases in the lab. He received a Nobel prize in economics based on his decades of inspiring work. Renshon is a Harvard doctoral student. In this article, the authors note that many built-in…
If you’ve been following this blog for the past few weeks, you know that I attended the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis Tennessee (Jan 12-14). The conference, sponsored by Free Press, drew more than 3,500 participants. Free Press offered a reduced admission fee to those who agreed to…
If you couldn't make it to Washington, DC, many local communities sponsored their own anti-war protests today. The one I attended was sponsored by the St. Louis Instead of War Coalition. The sponsors assembled the several hundred participants into groups to be photographed, those photos to be delivered to new Missouri…
Did you see Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's response to the President's State of the Union address last night? Here's the text. The President took us into this war recklessly. He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the chief of staff of the army, two…
Never try to do such a foolish thing. It could never work. It just makes things worse. War is a chainsaw. Reconstituting social structures is akin to brain surgery. So here's a question: In what major city were the following photos taken? (These photos were sent to me by an American friend who once lived…