Robert Samuelson on why things can get a lot worse: Countries everywhere already have high budget deficits, aggravated by the recession. Greece is exceptional only by degree. In 2009, its budget deficit was 13.6 percent of its gross domestic product (a measure of its economy); its debt, the accumulation of past deficits, was 115 percent… Continue reading The Crisis Ahead?
Charlemagne lays it out. Are you a ‘neuro’ or a ‘souro’?
Newsweek will be up for sale.
John C. Avise has a new paper, basically summarizing the more detailed points of his book, Inside the Human Genome, that will no doubt be keeping some of the folks in Seattle busy. I’ve been in contact with Avise, hoping to do a review and interview about it, for this blog if not another journal.
Steve Wasserman in a follow-up segment at Mediabistro discusses whether authors should worry about the challenges facing the publishing industry by digital delivery. (It’s safe to say he won’t be running out to buy an iPad anytome soon.)
