“Why has a significant increase in income inequality in recent decades failed to generate political pressure from the left for redistributional redress, as similar trends did in earlier times?”
Category: issues
Orlando Needs $30M More to Begin Construction of Arts Center
“More than three rocky years after approval of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, builders have told Orange County the project could be stopped in its tracks without a $30 million loan.”
Why Desperate Housewives Makes for Good Cultural Diplomacy
“There is nothing here about the founding fathers or the primacy of individual liberty. But there are plenty of evidently free people, choosing to live their lives as they wish, in attractive circumstances. American life is desirable here, not because of the values it espouses but because of its very modernity.”
AP’s Top Ten Entertainment Stories Of 2010
The dramatic upheaval of late-night at NBC was chosen as 2010’s entertainment story of the year, as voted on by Associated Press members.
Are English’s Days As Global Language Numbered?
“More than 1 billion people speak English worldwide but only about 330m of them as a first language, and this population is not spreading. The future of English is in the hands of countries outside the core Anglophone group. Will they always learn English?”
Our Digital Identities – Set Forever?
“As digital identities become increasingly persistent across the Web, is it still possible to reinvent oneself online?”
An $11 Million Christmas Tree?
“An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an $11m (£7m) Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems has admitted it may have taken the holiday spirit a bit too far.”
A Change In How Academic Influence Is Measured
“The availability of ‘usage data’ — information on how many times a digital article has been downloaded, and in what context — means that people can track the spread of an idea in a scholarly community using the same principles that epidemiologists use to track the spread of a virus in a village.”
Teaching Performing Artists How to Ask for Money
A Brooklyn choreographer is launching a new contemporary dance festival for which she’s asking participants and fans to raise funds. “It’s part of a movement to get artists comfortable asking people to donate money and fund-raising for projects instead of just waiting for a big patron or government grant.”
Istanbul’s Capital Of Culture Year – Why So Underwhelming?
“Declaring a millennia-old city that had been a capital of both Christian and Islamic empires as a European Capital of Culture (Ecoc) is akin to calling Venice a place with good water features or commending Paris for its decent museums. So why, as its tenure draws to a close, has the city’s year seemed so much less than it might have been.”