Hannah Arendt and the Twentieth Century Literaturwissenschaft in Berlin (DJG)
The resignation of James Bennet as The New York Times' editorial page editor after publishing an op-ed essay that triggered a staff revolt is an outrage.
Not only is the publisher's decision to push out Bennet and demote James Dao, his deputy, cowardly and wrongheaded, it is yet another betrayal of the paper's ostensible values and traditions. It also reflects the worst trends in American journalism.
… New York Times op-ed revolt betrays it values, is ominous warning about censorship :: Judith Miller.
And here’s this to remind you of Judith Miller’s bona fides.
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CORRUPTION ARRESTS: Police will allege
the three men ‘conspired to direct information technology contracts through
preferred suppliers’, leading them to receive financial benefits.
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LOST THE PRUNING SHEERS: The NSWPS union
has questioned the department’s decision to spend $1,246,000 on indoor plants
for its Parramatta offices.
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“We will always have storytellers that want to tell stories and cinema has become an essential part of the way modern society does that,” said Tori Baker, the president and CEO of the nonprofit Salt Lake Film Society, which operates two art house theaters in Salt Lake City. “Sustainability — such as how many people at once, concession costs, what those concessions are — might shift. But what art houses have that the big chains don’t is the ability to innovate that experience.” –
Huffington Post
Scientific Research and Big Data, by Sabina Leonelli (Exeter).