“Mr. Romney likes to claim that his views on topics such as gay rights and abortion have ‘evolved.’ But they have evolved in a direction that is strikingly convenient — perhaps through intelligent design.” — “The Case For John McCain” in the December 8th-14th, 2007 issue of The Economist.
Tag Archives: The Economist
Last.fm Problems + The Economist Redesign
Last.fm problems + The Economist website redesign + Blu-ray sucks + TuneUp…
The Economist On The Politics Of The Recent Cyclone In Myanmar
“For foreign donors, Myanmar raises a dilemma seen also in North Korea, which may be on the verge of another famine (see article): how to rescue desperate people whose own government spurns outside assistance, and how to do so without providing a lifeline to an illegitimate and unpopular regime.”
Mike Huckabee Quote
“Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office.” — Mike Huckabee avoids discussing Jesus’s view of the death penalty at a presidential debate, Florida. November 28, 2007. (December 8th-14th, 2007 issue of The Economist)
Yahoo! Isn’t A Moral Pygmy… Really
Yahoo! has gotten a lot of crap for complying with Chinese law when it handed over information relating to a Chinese dissident. Immediately, the company was lambasted and just recently, Congress took their shots. I’ve finally read a reasonable and very fair positive criticism from Techcrunch to what Yahoo! did.
Jim Michaels On Editing
“Shorter was always better; he could cut 15%, he said, from any piece, and was rumoured to be able to get the Lord’s Prayer down to six choice words.” — Jim Michaels’ (former Forbes editor) obituary in The Economist, October 13th-19th 2007.
Innovation Is Like Porn
“One senior executive maintains that innovation simply cannot be defined exactly, but that ‘like pornography I know it when I see it.’” — “A Dark Art No More” from The Economist, October 13th-19th 2007.