A truly wonderful thing about living in New York City: events like the New York Public Library’s Live from the NYPL series. Last night, they hosted Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister amidst the country’s financial crisis, and Noam Chomsky. I don’t give
The Idealistic Pragmatist posts her retirement; farewell, nuanced discourse
From day one, the tagline of this blog was “resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969.” Well, in case it isn’t obvious from the few posts I have managed to eke out since early 2009 or so, I’ve stopped resisting. via idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.c…
Warning: Real Life is Not Airbrushed
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — A group of French politicians led by an expert on eating disorders wants to put warnings on airbrushed photo spreads in magazines as well as doctored shots in used in advertisements and packaging. Eva Herzigova was one of e…