Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Winston-Salem, N.C. — MY mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me. So sorry about Cecil. Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe? Cecil who? I wondered. When I turned on the news and discovered that the messages were about a lion killed by…
Entry Text Think about everything you understood about our system of government here in the United States. We’re governed under a document that starts with the words, “We the People.” Right? When We the People agree that something should done to make our lives better, it’s supposed to get done. Right? You didn’t know it,…
Ireland has just repealed thousands of antiquated laws, including talking smack about Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. I woke up this morning at my home in Ireland and cooked myself a big bowl of oatmeal. I then went outside and shouted at the top of my voice, “Anne Boleyn is a whore and King Henry…
Still upset about Cecil the lion? Maybe you should just skip this story. You see, Cecil’s death at hands of an American dentist who paid guides to lure the majestic beast from a nature reserve has struck a global nerve, and in the US, led to significant criticism of big game hunters and laws that…
A lot of people have a strong interest in portraying terrorists as dedicated, evil badasses. Hollywood, is always desperate for proper bad guys. There are people who are trying to get you to vote for their terror safety laws or sell you terror safety equipment. And of course, there are the terrorists themselves. When they…
The Battlefield games look incredibly realistic, but that doesn’t mean everything in the games is 100 percent accurate. For example, the Stingers in Battlefield 3. Take note should you ever make propaganda! According to Russia-based game site Anton Logvinov, Russian-supported rebels in Ukraine allegedly found U.S. Military Stingers at Luhansk International Airport. In the video…
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EU representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the final press conference of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna on July 14.Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images The deal just…
“We will never allow the establishment of a state in Syria’s north and our south,” Mr Erdogan said at the weekend. “We will continue our fight in this regard no matter what it costs.” Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (seated) heads the National Security Council meeting Turkey has urged the creation of a buffer zone protected…
As a recent Peace Corps volunteer in the DR, stationed near the border of Haiti, I have a very personal perspective on this issue. This may be hard to believe for most Americans, but racism in the DR is much worse than racism here in the United States. The idea of being black in the…
“We believe in a strong dollar policy.” It’s a phrase that’s been stated seemingly since the beginning of time. It was famously in vogue during the 1990s when many, including U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, would recite the hope and fond wishes of this world-be-damned policy. Secretary John Snow also believed in a strong dollar even as it descended…