Month: September 2023

A Murdoch Succession

No one has had a bigger impact on modern American media and politics than Rupert Murdoch.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/briefing/rupert-murdoch.html?smid=em-share

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The Turtle Mothers Have Come Ashore to Ask About an Unpaid Debt

We have betrayed the millions of other species with whom we share this leafy paradise with an extractive culture.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/opinion/climate-change-turtles-refugees.html?smid=em-share

Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?

A new model finds a remarkable tally for the impact of even a bit of carbon over decades.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion/can-we-put-a-price-on-climate-damages.html?smid=em-share

https://www.streetinsider.com/magazine/boomer-skills-millennials-just-wont-use-2/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email

‘A Perfect Storm for the Ambitious, Extreme Ideologue’

Is there something unique to the United States that exacerbates partisan animosity, even in good times?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion/populism-polarization-trump-europe.html?smid=em-share

While Norris focuses on “ideological polarization” — differences between the parties on issues — the cross-country trends paper concentrates on what has come to be called “affective polarization.”

A new study suggests that tobacco companies, who were skilled at marketing cigarettes, used similar strategies to hook people on processed foods.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/19/addiction-foods-hyperpalatable-tobacco/