Month October 2010

Bloggers broke foreclosure-gate while MSM snoozed

This precisely echoes how it was bloggers who broke the subprime story, while the mainstream media initially mocked them while doing nothing. Then finally managed to stumble across the story after bloggers did the hard work for them. WaPo profiles…

Google pays 2.4% in taxes via loopholes

Gimme a “Double Irish” and a “Dutch Sandwich” please, says Google and other tech companies. These tax ploys allow them to pay tiny amounts of tax as they shuttle profits around the world, sometimes through companies that have no employees.…

Michael Gerson on Obama the snob

Before you dismiss what he’s saying too quickly, be aware this is precisely what leftie journalist Joe Bageant says too. Democrats too often tend to be elitist and contemptuous of those living in the country or who disagree with them.…

Changing education paradigms

This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award. Truly amazing, fun to watch, filled with ideas how to change education.