Half Sigma (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John Tierney writes that environmentalism is the new religion that’s replacing Christianity. Well, he sort of writes that (hat tip Razib): What would the product of such a transformation [of traditional religions] look like? One possibility that occurs to me...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
New York Times (John Tierney) I rather like the picture of the Egyptian statue with suitcases. Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The British Museum does not agree — at least not yet. But never underestimate...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John Tierney: "Does religion have a future? Who looks more like an evolutionary dead end: the religious American or the agnostic European? Or will both give way to some sort of compromise? … One possibility that occurs to me is a version of environmentalism, but with better music and with rituals that are more elegant than sorting garbage."...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
How Will Religion Evolve? , asks John Tierney. He notes: If there is a religious instinct, how do we make sense of the declining church attendance in western Europe? As an agnostic myself, I've tended to see the European trend as a harbinger of a general move toward secularism as societies become richer and more educated. But you don't see that trend in the United States, where church attendance is...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
John Tierney in The New York Times: Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council...
Jungle Trader (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
John Tierney of the New York Times : "Do laws about the ownership of ancient artifacts help or hurt archaeology?"
Thrutch (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
In going through some of my papers I ran across an article I'd meant to blog. I think it's still relevant in explaining how a consensus by itself doesn't mean much, and how having government enforce a consensus makes it that much more difficult to correct. The article in question is by John Tierney introducing Gary Taubes' book "Good Calories, Bad Calories". Here's an excerpt of Tierney's...
A Man With A Ph.D. (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
by Yury Cortés The New York Times Columnist Who’s Helping To Ruin The Future [Monday Hate] [Via io9] Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times’ science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity and geo-hacking, he’s suddenly [...]
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
From Future Pundit: John Tierney of the New York Times draws attention to the high prevalence of chronic pain. Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. It costs the economy more than $100 billion per year. So why don’t more doctors and researchers take it seriously? Read more ....
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
FishbowlLA : > The Huffington Post taking a page from The Times and asking readers for local submissions . i09 : Can New York Times science reporter John Tierney actually examine the question of global warming critically? New York Post : The Dow Jones is finally up again , surpassing its yearly high, so we can all relax now, right? New York Times : Meanwhile News Corp has a little less to be happy...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
FishbowlLA : The Huffington Post taking a page from The Times and asking readers for local submissions . i09 : Can New York Times science reporter John Tierney actually examine the question of global warming critically? New York Post : The Dow Jones is finally up again , surpassing its yearly high, so we can all relax now, right? New York Times : Meanwhile News Corp has a little less to be happy about:...
io9 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times' science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
John Tierney of the New York Times draws attention to the high prevalence of chronic pain. Chronic pain affects more than 70 million Americans, which makes it more widespread than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. It costs the economy more than $100 billion per year. So why don't more doctors and researchers take it seriously? Think about that 70 million number. It is worse than it looks....
Pundit Review (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I’ve heard from multiple people about this likeable, smart, educated, brash candidate in the 6th congressional district named Bill Hudak. We met him tonight. I can see why people are excited. People not named John Tierney that is. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here. What is Pundit [...]
MindBlog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
John Tierney does a nice piece on one sort of contemporary ethnography, in this case dealing with gossip as reputational warfare. ...this time enthnographers have returned from the field with footage of a truly savage native ritual: teachers at an elementary school in the Midwest dishing about their principal behind her back.
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