Every Friday I point you towards some recommended reading around the blogosphere:
1. I’ve been a busy bee over at Politics Daily this week so I’m going to lead off with some of my recent news pieces. Here’s a story about whether or not exposing youth to free speech necessarily radicalizes them, drawing on recent events in the U.K.
2. I’ve also been covering Julian Assange’s extradition trial which – so far at least – does not look like it’s going his way. The curious Mr. Assange may be extradited to Sweden before too long.
3. Truth is stranger than fiction. Here’s a post on Gadhafi’s son’s dissertation at the London School of Economics which was all about – wait for it – the moral virtues of democratic decision-making. Irony knows no bounds…
4. I thought that this post by Aaron Traister in Salon about why men must speak out more about abortion was excellent.
5. In lighter fare, here’s a really fun website a friend sent me called the Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator. Scroll down to the bottom and click to generate new MalcolmGladwell-esque book titles.
6. Finally, also fun is this podcast called How To Do Everything by some former public radio colleagues. I especially loved the first segment of the latest episode where they talk about what happens if the Queen of England catches on fire.
Have a great weekend.
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Hello Delia,
I just wanted to thank you for your Friday Recommended Reading blog posts. You find such interesting articles, from the serious to the funny!
I never have the time to just go on the web and find stuff, and so I really appreciate you doing so! I feel that you are helping me to broaden my mind (and to appear so literate: “Oh! I just read a link from Delia’s blog that said…”).
Cheers!
Thanks so much ML! Really glad that you enjoy them. I’m so gratified that so many people love my Friday pix!
As to Cameron vs. the universities: surely we should all have understood long since that the only thing than permitting offensive & divisive speech is not permitting it.
As to Mr. Assange: were he not Mr. Wikileaks, would there be any question about returning him to Sweden for questioning?
As to Saif (sp.?) Quaddafi (sp.), there is certainly a family politics drama here & I’m sure playwrights have already rolled up their sleeves. Willy Shakespeare, where are you now?
Hi Delia .. love the new ‘quiet’ Han purple tinged website .. looks good ..
I enjoy the reads .. and it’s good to know someone is pointing us in the right direction occasionally .. thanks
Have a good week .. Hilary