Thursday, March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015

+ Article - "Where the Bodies are Buried" by Patrick Radden Keefe - A fascinating long-form article on "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland.  Read it here.

+ Article - "Report: CIA Has Tried for Years to Break into Apple Gear" by Issie Lapowsky at Wired - I'm not sure if I should feel comforted that my Apple products are secure, or scared that the CIA can't beat the encryption.  Read it here.

+ Article - "Richer and Poorer" by Jill Lepore at The New Yorker - Income inequality is real, and we in the middle class have as much to fear from it as those at the bottom.  Read it here.

+ Articles - "Congress's Poison-Pen Letter to Iran" by Amy Davidson at The New Yorker and "Congress Tries to go Beyond Trolling on Foreign Policy" by Daniel Drezner at The Washington Post - I have no idea what to think about this event.  Our government has been absolutely baffling lately.  Read them here and here.

+ Venn Diagrams - "The Art of War in 7 Charts" created by Jessica Hagy - People have been applying the principals from The Art of War to much more than war for ages.  Seeing the principals in chart form is fascinating.  See them here.

+ Article - "How Parents Create Narcissistic Children" by Lenny Bernstein - I really don't want to mess this up.  Read more here.

+ Article - "12 Examples of Evolution Happening Right Now" by Erin Bodwin at Business Insider.  Recommended by the illustrious Mrs. Hulsey.  It is real and it is happening.  Science.  Read it here.

+ Article - "So When is it Going to Be Time" by Kara Swisher - A look at the open letter written by Google CFO Patrick Pichette regarding his impending retirement.  Do your values drive your decision making?  Read it here.

+ Art - "The Entombment of Christ" (1603-1604) by Caravaggio.

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