Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
How much would you pay for Newsweek?
Washington Post Co. to Sell Newsweek
When the iPad was released various talking heads and industry watchers wondered if it could save the newspapers and magazines which have steadily seen their circulations plummet due to internet competition and outdated... "business models". See here: Weekend Video: Can iPad Save Newspapers Magazines? Here: Can the Apple iPad Save Magazines? and on and on we go...
But Wired asks the $64,000 question: Can the iPad Save Newsweek?
Well, today Newsweek answered, in a Web Exclusive of all things:
President Obama says devices like Apple's iPad are rotting our brains. He's right.
Well, C'est la vie I suppose.
The world has plainly lost its mind explains Daniel Lyons:
So there it is. Technology has rotted our brains to the point where Palin and Beck are considered serious people.
But this is the media's take on you, the public: It's not us. It's you. You have devolved. You don't, maybe can't, appreciate the insight that a magazine like Newsweek provides; you'd rather play Farmville and watch Fox. Simpletons.
"Chairman Donald E. Graham cites multi-year losses. 'We are exploring all options to fix that problem,' he said."
When the iPad was released various talking heads and industry watchers wondered if it could save the newspapers and magazines which have steadily seen their circulations plummet due to internet competition and outdated... "business models". See here: Weekend Video: Can iPad Save Newspapers Magazines? Here: Can the Apple iPad Save Magazines? and on and on we go...
But Wired asks the $64,000 question: Can the iPad Save Newsweek?
Well, today Newsweek answered, in a Web Exclusive of all things:
President Obama says devices like Apple's iPad are rotting our brains. He's right.
Well, C'est la vie I suppose.
The world has plainly lost its mind explains Daniel Lyons:
Meanwhile, in the midst of all this, Glenn Beck has become an influential television commentator, and Sarah Palin is a credible candidate for president in 2012. You think this is a coincidence?
No way. What's happening is this: we are being so overwhelmed by the noise and junk zooming past us that we're becoming immune to it. We've become a nation of Internet-powered imbeciles, with an ever-lower threshold for inanity.
Beck and Palin are the inevitable outcome of that devolution. They are what we deserve. They are, in fact, what we've created.
So there it is. Technology has rotted our brains to the point where Palin and Beck are considered serious people.
But this is the media's take on you, the public: It's not us. It's you. You have devolved. You don't, maybe can't, appreciate the insight that a magazine like Newsweek provides; you'd rather play Farmville and watch Fox. Simpletons.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Fail
Why one-size-fits-all education doesn’t work - The Boston Globe
Or, um, healthcare?
Via Cato.
Anyone who called for legislation to establish mandatory national standards for television programming or restaurant menus would be laughed at: Americans don’t think the government is competent to decide what shows they can watch on TV or what they can order for dinner when eating out. Is it any less risible to think that government knows best when it comes to your children’s education?
Or, um, healthcare?
Via Cato.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Charter school in tough neighborhood gets all its seniors into college - chicagotribune.com
Charter school in tough neighborhood gets all its seniors into college.
A lottery. Your educational future is determined by a lottery.
A LOTTERY.
"Urban Prep, a charter school that enrolls using a lottery in one of the city's more troubled neighborhoods, faced difficult odds. Only 4 percent of this year's senior class read at grade level as freshmen, according to Tim King, the school's CEO."
A lottery. Your educational future is determined by a lottery.
A LOTTERY.
Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers
Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers - Newsweek.com
"The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation's future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. Within the United States, the achievement gap between white students and poor and minority students stubbornly persists—and as the population of disadvantaged students grows, overall scores continue to sag."
If even Newsweek notices...
"The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation's future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. Within the United States, the achievement gap between white students and poor and minority students stubbornly persists—and as the population of disadvantaged students grows, overall scores continue to sag."
If even Newsweek notices...
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit
Heritage turns seven hours of government time into 4 minutes of... private time?
Video: The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Video: The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
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