The paper of record profiles Heather Armstrong. Here is how it started. She is the only blogger on the latest Forbes list of the Most Influential Women in Media, coming in at No. 26, which is 25 slots behind Oprah, but just one slot behind Tina Brown. Her site brings in an estimated $30,000 to [...]
February, 2011:
Pentax K-x
I finally bought the DSLR after three years of debating back and forth about it. After soliciting advice from Dave King (Flickr) and Ian McKenzie (Flickr), I decided on the Pentax K-x. As Wendy wrote on her blog, we had some old Pentax K-mount lens from an old Ricoh KR5 her father gave to her. The [...]
The wasted potential of Vince Carter
What went wrong with Vince Carter? Dave Feschuk tries to answer. Why did Vinsanity peak so early? Wear and tear was a factor. His knees took a beating. And the off-seasons in which he infamously shirked serious workouts stacked up. But it also came down to this: As explosive as Carter could be — he [...]
I am 60% that I don’t like Tony Kornheiser. No, make that 100%
I have never been a Tony Kornheiser fan. I thought he was a waste of booth space on Monday Night Football and Pardon the Interruption seems to be totally devoid of any serious reflection or research. Here is Kornheiser on NASCAR Did NASCAR rig things so Dale Earnhardt Jr.could win the pole for Sunday’s Daytona [...]
Shouldn’t NATO be winning in Afghanistan by now?
The Independent is asking some tough questions overt the lack of progress in Afghanistan. Twelve months ago, Marjah was a ghost town, deep in rural Helmand province and deep in the grip of the Taliban. The bazaar was closed and those who could run had fled; the rest cowered in their homes. It was never [...]
Peak Oil is here
Jeff Rubin in the Globe and Mail …Mr. Husseini acknowledged Saudi production is never likely to get to Aramco’s 12.5 million barrel per day target. Instead, the country is struggling to produce even 10 million barrels a day and it may soon encounter a production peak after which flow rates will inevitably decline. Yet the [...]
Unemployment and the deterioration of skills
A new paper put out about the long term unemployment rate by the San Francisco Federal Reserve has an interesting tidbit in it. Workers out of jobs for extended periods may experience higher rates of unemployment owing to deterioration of skills and weakening labor market attachment. The previously discussed mismatch between skills and available jobs [...]
