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• “Sex” or “gender”?

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  I began the previous post with a parenthetical slur on Americans (of which I am half-one), propping myself up on two creaky stereotypes: that Americans can’t (really) speak English, and that political correctness is in part to blame. Specifically, the issue was which of these two words was correct in the ...
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• The Un-American Pledge, Nietzsche (Republican), Islamists, Anti-Statism, Health Care Reform (again), and Abortion Politics

  
  2parse — Authority: 130
  Today, I present to you an early addition of the best reads for the long Thanksgiving weekend… 1. The Un-American Pledge. Michael Lind explains why the Pledge of Allegiance is un-American . 2. Nietzsche was a Republican . The Economist’s Democracy in America discusses Medicare and Nihilism . As it is ...
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• The Economist’s women and men

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  Down under in Melbourne, Solid Gold Creativity has embarked on an intriguing investigation into sex (or “gender”, as the Americans among you would prefer in this context) in journalism. She found that only 27% of the articles in The Monthly , an Australian magazine, were written by women. Counting only ...
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• California: inmates (voters) run the asylum

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  The World in 2010 , our (ie, The Economist ’s) annual sister publication, is now out. This is a magazine in which we and our invited guests take shots at prognosticating the coming year. My piece is this one on the Constitutional Convention that California is all but certain to call in 2010. For you regular ...
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• How to get through airport security (with your toiletries intact)

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 683
  A useful primer from The Economist. Random Posts... Words Fail A Plea for Engagement This…
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• Kal Economist cartoon

  
  Sketchblog — Authority: 415
  I was at a conference on the new Carbon Economy which inspired me to create this cartoon for this week’s edition of The Economist .
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• Attack of the spellchecker

  
  Regret the Error — Authority: 504
  In “For peat’s sake, stop” (November 7th), an overenthusiastic spell-checking system led to the word “rewetting” being rendered as “reletting” in three different places. We apologise for any confusion caused. Link
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• Independent: British press split in two by Wapping’s great gamble

  
  Martin Stabe — Authority: 137
  Great summary of the state of the paywall debate among UK national newspapers by Ian Burrell. Emily Bell of the Guardian: "This is not about newspaper publishing, this is about news, content and analysis on the internet and as long as you keep making the category error that says newspaper publishers are different you ...
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• Ads Continued: Chevron

  
  GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products — Authority: 127
  Nov 22, 2009 – Are you into games?  Chevron has 2-page ads promoting Energyville, an energy game developed by The Economist Group.  “You have the chance to power your own city.  How will you do it?  …. Energyville is a lot more than just a game.  It’s a chance to better understand and discuss the energy ...
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• The Economist: Smarter Advertising

  
  AdJoke.ca : Ads | Brands | Agencies | Opinions — Authority: 426
  In an industry whose ad revenues continue to decline in record levels, The Economist has stood out as a magazine that maintains a feverishly loyal readership (Im one of them) as well as a brand that has differentiated itself from all competitors. A magazine not for the common man, but one who strives to know more ...
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• Is late better than never? Not if it’s too late

  
  Marginal Damage — Authority: 135
  The Economist’s cartoonist, Kal, captured the struggle to come up with a meaningful compromise in the upcoming COP15 summit. A bit of gallows’ humour:     Soource: economist.com Punchline: do not wait for the horses to bolt in order to close the stable doors.   H/T: MS, for sharing the link  
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• Readership up for many business pubs

  
  Talking Biz News — Authority: 618
  Lucia Moses of MediaWeek reports that readership increased in the past year for a number of business publications. Moses writes, “At a time when it would seem that consumers would be seeking help to navigate the recession, business titles have seen an uptick in readership this past year, Mediamark Research & ...
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• Kal Economist Calendar February

  
  Sketchblog — Authority: 415
  Here’s a sneak peek at the February spread of the new 2010 Economist illustrated wall calendar. You can order the calendar through The Economist website  here , via the Kaltoons bookstore or place a phone order at 1-800-456-6086.  Only $15.00.
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• The History of The Economist Magazine

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 160
  The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in an office in the City of Westminster, London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September’43. While The Economist calls itself a “newspaper”, each ...
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• Town and Country’s deer go global.

  
  The Platform — Authority: 574
  Town and Country at work in 2001. (Post-Dispatch file photo) The Economist is a British-based newsmagazine (albeit one that calls itself a “newspaper”) that has been covering world economic and political news since 1843 — don’t miss this week’s 14-page special…
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• Put your best country forward

  
  The Economist: Daily news and views — Authority: 731
  Which country will have the best 2010? THE ECONOMIST has cranked up its World in 2010 blog (which, shockingly, is not about the distant future but next year), and today there is an entry asking for nominations for "Best Country in the World, 2010". (Somalia has already won the award ...
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• Newsweek, fighting for survival, drifts toward irrelevancy

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Media About a year ago, media critic Michael Wolff predicted that Newsweek would go out of business "sometime around the fourth quarter of next year" -- i.e., right around now. That doesnt look like its going to come true. But nor does it look as far off the mark as Newsweek s parent, the ...
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• 408. Conventions

  
  Judging Crimes — Authority: 121
  Its hard for any professional to question the conventional wisdom of his or her field. Its hard even to perceive the things one takes for granted.  The tendency is easiest to see in fields in which one has no emotional or financial investment, such as medicine.  In Seed , Dave Munger writes: " placebos by ...
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• economists

  
  Mike Beversluis — Authority: 134
  I tend not to write a whole lot here, as the long essay isnt one of my strengths.  Superb taste in outward bound links?  Sure.  And the thread that holds them together? Thats the subtext, my friend. And if you didnt/dont pick up on the sub-text, thats just because its so... subtle..  Yeah, thats the ticket.Anyway, ...
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• Linformation ne sest jamais mieux portée | Le Devoir [del.icio.us]

  
  Adrian Monck — Authority: 123
  «Ma consommation médiatique a complètement été transformée en très peu dannées, dit le journaliste-blogueur. Ainsi, je ne suis abonné à aucun journal, mais je reçois sans cesse des articles sur mes écrans, des informations que jai sélectionnées dans une multitude de sources et pas seulement des nouvelles ...
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