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La isla no tiene nada para nadie: José Amador talks about El Hijo Prodigo
And several butchers’ aprons.
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Government Releases Massive Trove of Data on Doctors’ Prescribing Patterns
Medicare did little to find dangerous prescribing by doctors to seniors and the disabled. Now the government are looking for transparency. ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein reports.
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After NSA Ruling, Congress at Odds Over Mass Surveillance
Federal court ruled on Thursday that NSA mass surveillance program, which government justified through Patriot Act provisions, is illegal.
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The Architectural Arch and the Liberation of Music
Architecture as frozen music. At least, Goethe thought so. Thus the basis for some poetic machinations by Lewis Gesner.
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Foreclosure Crisis Fueled Dramatic Rise of Racial Segregation: Study
Displacement of black and Latino households was so dramatic, crisis should be seen as a ‘mass migration event’ says lead author of paper.
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Ambassador
We leave you in the capable hands of Hugo Award nominee Peter Watts as he gives you this short tale of first contact gone very, very wrong.
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Character Assassination
Though they foreground models over characters, systems-oriented video games can’t evade the issues of identity politics. Ben Gabriel writes.


