Books are cultural externalities ...
BA manufacture of arms is ethical - lead no longer to be used as it is harmful to human so if you kill a person at least they will not die of lead poisoning
We reflected and Tele presence as well as Powerpoints with its Management fads and jargon And how some places are almost like waiting rooms for God ...
Truth, bullsh*t and weasel words.
In case you missed Don's lecture, or if you want to hear it again, the podcast from this event is available now on Soundcloud. Or you can listen via i-tunes.
Truth, bullsh*t and weasel words.
In case you missed Don's lecture, or if you want to hear it again, the podcast from this event is available now on Soundcloud. Or you can listen via i-tunes.
Hear from Don Watson, award-winning author and former speechwriter for Paul Keating, as he decodes political language and reveals its ...
Don Watson, Paul Keating's speechwriter and author of Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, has been fighting his battle against weasel words for many years. ... The ferocity he applied to the task was just a warmup for his war against corporate jargon in books such as Death Sentence and Weasel Words*American Journeys by Don Watson - ...
Foreign Affairs – : “…The United States is different from other nations—every nation is different from every other—and its nationalism is different, too. To review: a nation is a people with common origins, and a state is a political community governed by laws. A nation-state is a political community governed by laws that unites a people with a supposedly common ancestry. When nation-states arose out of city-states and kingdoms and empires, they explained themselves by telling stories about their origins—stories meant to suggest that everyone in, say, “the French nation” had common ancestors, when they of course did not. As I wrote in my book These Truths, “Very often, histories of nation-states are little more than myths that hide the seams that stitch the nation to the state.”…
Worth your time
She has worked for the IRS for 16 years. During the government
shutdown she was down to 38 cents in her checking account and less than eight
dollars in savings. What happens if there is another government shutdown? The
Washington Post tells her story. … As we approach the one-year anniversary
of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, ABC’s
Nightline looks back at the lives lost. … Where are news readers going to
come from in 2019? Nieman
Lab does a deep dive. … Whatever happened to Les Moonves? The
New York Times reports. … A rabbi in Toronto was worried that no one would
come to a Holocaust survivor’s funeral so he put out word on Facebook. CNN
reports what happened next. (You want might a bring a tissue with you on
this one.)
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2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
2 hours ago · A jury has retired to deliberate in the trial of former Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, who is ...
