When a blog becomes institutional

iblog doesn’t stand for institutional blog I have been a fan of the Freakonomics blog for quite some time — a testament to the power of a good book (now available for $17 on amazon, down from $28 list price!) going on line per se. However, the very notion...

Saving the oldies

I am of the generation that began my teen years with vinyl 33 & 45 RPM records and audio tape cassettes (dolby). Eight-track were still used in certain rental cars (in the US) and the 78 RPM could be played on my sparkling Sony record player, but mostly to learn...

Luxury prisons – rent your cell

I was quite titillated by an IHT article last week (April 30) entitled “For $82 a day, a cozier way to do hard time.” This article opened my eyes to the concept of how wealthier prisoners in certain California prisons (ex Santa Ana) are able and allowed to...

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