Bloomberg (August 18)
“Last month wasn’t just the hottest July on record for the surface of earth. It continued the longest-ever streak of record-breaking months—15.” The data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) came at an alarming time. “As more than 100,000 Americans flee destructive wildfires in California and floods in Louisiana, earth sends yet another reminder that the worst is yet to come: a new record for planet-wide heat.”
Chicago Tribune (August 17)
“In the ongoing war for our attention, books are losing. Badly.” The average American only reads 19 minutes per day, but spends over 2 hours watching TV. “So to get modern readers’ attention, some publishers are taking a cue from Charles Dickens and releasing their books in installments.” The serials are “A-OK with us. We admire this approachable, one-bit-at-a-time tactic. It could be a godsend for a niche market of readers.” That said, “the best method for binge-reading is the same today as it was in Dickens’ day: a good, old-fashioned book”.
Tags: Approachable, Attention, Binge-reading, Books, Dickens, Installments, Publishers, Reading, Serials, TV, U.S.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Star (August 16)
After the police shooting of a black man, violence erupted in Milwaukee, “one of the nation’s most segregated” metropolitan areas where black male unemployment hovers around 50%. “While there is no excuse for what happened, there is a reason. Adults and teens exploded with anger and frustration because something is fundamentally wrong; something that has been building for decades.
Tags: Anger, Black man, Excuse, Frustration, Milwaukee, Police, Segregated, Shooting, Violence
Financial Times (August 15)
“US boardrooms are older, more male and filled with longer-serving directors than their European counterparts…. Directors of large and midsize US companies are four years older, on average, than European directors and almost twice as likely to be over the age of 65.”
Washington Post (August 15)
“A great mystery of our time — one that should frame the campaign debate — is why the economic recovery has been so sluggish…. Either economic policy let us down or the economy has become less robust. Maybe both.”
Institutional Investor (August 14)
“Virtual reality is making its Olympic debut during this summer’s Games, but for investors the technology may still be a few years away from prime time.”
Tags: Debut, Investors, Olympics, Prime time, Technology, Virtual reality
The Economist (August 13)
“Senescence, the general dwindling of prowess experienced by all as time takes its toll, is coming under scrutiny from doctors and biologists.” With advances, average lifespans could reach “today’s ceiling of 120 or so. But it may be just the beginning. In the next phase not just average lifespans but maximum lifespans will rise.”
Tags: 120, Aging, Biologists, Doctors, Lifespans, Prowess, Senescence
New York Times (August 12)
“When Mr. Trump fans racist rage against the president, suggests that gun owners take up arms against Mrs. Clinton, or speaks darkly of a ‘rigged’ election, he is not trying to woo Republican skeptics, independents or undecided voters. He is appealing to the mob.”
Tags: Clinton, Election, Gun owners, Independents, Mob, Obama, Racist, Rage, Republicans, Rigged, Skeptics, Trump, Voters
Wall Street Journal (August 10)
“If the International Olympic Committee won’t call out systematic Russian doping, at least some of the athletes at the summer games in Rio de Janiero can. So kudos to those—especially the competitors in women’s swimming—who are boldly going where the IOC feared to tread.”
Tags: Athletes, Competitors, Doping, IOC, Olympics, Rio de Janiero, Russia, Women’s swimming
Reuters (August 9)
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump shared his economic plan. “Is it a coherent plan? Don’t kid yourself. He’s a deal-maker. Trump’s stands on the issues are just starting positions. Everything is negotiable…. Trump changes positions all the time….He’s not a politician. He has no fixed ideology.”
Tags: Coherent, Economic plan, Ideology, Issues, Negotiable, Politician, Trump, U.S.
