February 2010
“After a year of quiet deliberations behind closed doors while everyone from...”
– Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times
January 2010
“Boys themselves, at a younger age, have also become increasingly self-conscious...”
– Jan Hoffman, “For Tween Boys, Masculinity in a Can” in the NYTimes
“I think I’ve just figured out why it annoys me when people trivialise the...”
– (via alexjcampbell) (via wearethedigitalkids)
MN Daily interviews Coolio before his show at the... →
east-lake:
What does a true gangsta’s paradise look like? A compound in South Africa with seven servants — all women. Sitting in front of the T.V. with the remote right there and me ringing the bell and telling … Tywanita … to come and [expletive] turn the T.V. And she has to drive a golf cart from a half a mile away on the other side of the compound to turn the television and hand me my...
“See, here’s the thing about making art in Minnesota (or, more to the...”
– Andy Sturdevant, “Art in an Outpost”
Social Influence Marketing Trends from shivsingh, by way of SocialMedia411
Molecular Brand 2, by way of @caerickson
“Declaration of Health Care Independence
In order to retain the Blessings of...”
– Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “Declaration of Health Care Independence”, as leaked on Politico
“In 2008 Barack Obama and the Democrats were elected to fix the economy; and yet...”
– “America, the Ungovernable” by Michael Cohen in Newsweek
“MediaPost: So let’s see if we’ve got this right. First the Web...”
– Chris Anderson of WIRED magazine and The Long Tail discusses his new article, “Atoms are the New Bits”, where essentially draws out a rhizomatic framework around to the current 1st World economy.
See fig. below:
“Osman said his father doesn’t seem to believe that his mental-health...”
– From the second part of Laura Yuen’s “Civil War Kids: Young Somalis in Minnesota”.
“One year ago, I wrote in our 2008 Year End Report: “We have not yet proven that...”
– Joel Kramer, in the Minnpost 2009 report. Mind-boggling.
“Minneapolis Somali gangs emerged in the late ’90s. The Hot Boyz, one of...”
– From the first part of Laura Yuen’s “Civil War Kids: Young Somalis in Minnesota”. Wonderful, wonderful reporting.
The Sixty One →
newsweek | mikehudack: Absolutely beautiful music discovery engine.
“On the DFL side, every candidate has said that tax increases will have to be...”
– Erik Black talks about the governor’s race
I’ll ask around and see if I can find out a digestible explanation for the budget shortfall.
“You have to freeze your ass off for prolonged periods to create works such as...”
– Feeling Minnesota: “The Minnesota Way”
Is there a Minnesota aesthetic? I don’t think so.
l'etoile plans your weekend →
“As revolution raged in France in the 1790s, its colonial slaves in Hispaniola...”
– the quick and dirty of why Haiti is so different from the Dominican Republic, even though they share an island, from Time Magazine
“It’s virtually impossible to find an elected Republican official who can speak...”
– Gross, on the junior senator from Massachusetts. (via newsweek)
“In the past, American interest in Haiti has waxed and waned. President Clinton...”
– U.S. Mulls Role in Haiti After the Crisis
“But, whatever the explanation, one thing seemed undeniable: The Washington Post...”
– TNR looks at the WaPo’s identity issues.
“You know how there’s a new chic liquor every year? Ever wonder why? I think the...”
– Dara breaks it down on how Pisco Sours are going to be your new favorite drink.
