Thursday, August 24, 2006
From Gates of Vienna:
“Consider the following piece of text:
What is manifested in these political actions is culturing the Proletariat with the Socialist culture in order to melt her with Socialism and to cleanse it of the corrupt creeds, false thoughts and erroneous concepts including the influence of Capitalist thoughts and opinions.What is also manifested in [...]
Thursday, August 24, 2006
From HBS Working Knowledge
In past issues of this newsletter, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition. Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think systematically and clearly at the bargaining table. Most negotiators believe they are capable of [...]
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Covering the Conflict in Lebanon
A review of some of the worst examples of media bias from the recent conflict
(tags: israel lebanon Hezbollah war warfare disinformation propaganda media journalism)
Multiculturalism is to blame for perverting young Muslims
Multiculturalism is to blame for perverting young Muslims By Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester
(tags: religion Islam politics Britain)
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
From frieze magazine:
The Israeli Defence Forces have been heavily influenced by contemporary philosophy, highlighting the fact that there is considerable overlap among theoretical texts deemed essential by military academies and architectural schools by Eyal Weizman
The attack conducted by units of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on the city of Nablus in April 2002 was described [...]
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Blame Israel Always by Nidra Poller, City Journal Summer 2006
Why are Western journalists so credulous of Palestinian sources? Nidra Poller examines the Gaza beach and al-Durah frauds and asks why obviously staged propaganda is given equal weight with reputable and evidence backed accounts, usually under the guise o
(tags: Propaganda disinformation media journalism Israel Palestine hezbollah)
The [...]
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Cult following - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good article on books, films, TV and other things that have a cult following
(tags: cults culture contemporary_culture psychology)
Interviewing with “The Sawatsky Method” | 43 Folders
Sawatsky’s rules are simple, but he says they get broken all the time: Don’t ask yes-or-no questions, keep questions short and avoid charged words, which [...]
’You cried for night - it falls. Now cry in darkness.’ (Sam Beckett)
This comes from a superb new literary blog called “You cried for night“. Well worth adding to your feeds or regular reading list.
(Via Jahsonic)
From Willpower is best used with care | Higher Education | The Australian:
Some people are simply more susceptible to temptations and distractions, and we all sometimes reach the limits of our willpower sooner than we would like. “Programs that build self-discipline may be the royal road to building academic achievement,” psychologists Duckworth and Seligman conclude [...]
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