LA Times put out an article a few days ago that caught the attention of everyone who has a uterus or has depended on one: http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-maternal-mortality-20110426,0,3749537.story The title is sensationalist: Caesarean sections are a major factor in pregnancy-related deaths, report finds The title makes it sound like C-Sections are the culprit-but reading the article [...]
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This professor at University of Pavia (why couldn’t an American do this?) analyzed the NYTimes from 1946 to 1997 and found that during Presidential campaigns, the NYTimes focuses more on topics that benefit Democrats. http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol11/iss1/art20/?sending=11376
I am outraged at all the ineffectual surveys on the Internet. The best types of survey is the Facebook ‘Like’ button. In one quick click, you can give your opinion. At the other end of the usability spectrum is this survey from surveys.com. They ask trivial, ridiculous questions, and have horrid user design. Do they [...]
I like reading articles, but I definitely like reading the comments more. Here is an example of a comment putting the article in a whole new context. We read a standard puff piece, how company ( Caterpillar ) is having tough times, but they have a hot new product, analyst says it will do well [...]
We’ve got to make clear, here, that a foreclosure hurts every American,” he told CNN. No, it doesn’t. Foreclosures are a natural way of the system healing itself. If you drink too much, a hangover is the body’s way of trying to return to normal. The best thing for foreclosures is not to try to [...]
The car companies want us to pour money down a rathole. I fully expect that to happen, as the administration does not have the guts to say ‘NO’. The companies threaten liquidation if they don’t get the cash. I think that’s fine. Let them go. If we are worried about unemployment, let’s just give the [...]
Some choice comments from an LA Times article: Katie Ittner, a hairstylist at Awilda Salon on Robertson Boulevard, said she had a client who called in tears because she could no longer afford to spend $95 to $250 to get her hair colored and had no idea how to do the job herself. On a [...]
Coke is always introducing new products, and this one is causing some ire. Coke basically takes a lightly carbonated beverage, tosses in a some vitamins (vitamin powder to be exact) and packages it like a medicine (meaning so splashy graphics or cartoon characters). The CSPI, a respected scientific organization, objects and sues them. The unexplored [...]
With the emergence of the Internet and now with TV over Mobile, traditional broadcasters have become more irrelevant. Here is a great post from NY Observer on how to watch the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Online
This post supposed to be a cogent analysis of the hunger problems facing North Korea, and how most famines are man-made. A Nobel prize in Economics have been awarded on this topic, to Indian economist Amartya Sen. But instead it has degenerated into trying to find pictures of giant bunnies on the big bad web. [...]
