donderdag 10 november 2011

NYT Reading Log Week of 7 Nov.

Monday, Nov. 7:
The article on censorship in China was particularly good. It has a delayed lede and I like the way in which they combined the story of Murong Xuecun with the common theme of censorship in China. The article on the Pearlses book for raising children was just ridiculous - if multiple children die after being beaten, then for obvious reasons beating is not the ideal way to raise a child, no matter what the clergy says :) Greece is still a mess, I liked the picture on page A5 with the chattering men on. I wonder how the Greece story is going to end.

Tuesday, Nov. 8:
I am still of the opinon that the private lives of politicians-to-be should mainly stay out of the centre of public debate, although with Mr. Cain there appears to be no stopping of the rumours concerning his attitude towards female co-workers or subordinates. I loved the article on page D1 concerning a before-its-time computer. I also wonder why the bands described in the fraud article on pag A3 still have customers at all.

Thursday Nov 10.
After Greece, Italy is also on the brink of a debt crisis. I'm beginning to think whether it is a good idea to just split the EU into two parts, so that the south can solve their own problems and the north can keep their money for themselves, I don't see how you cannot save a country's debts with litterally hundreds of billions of dollars in aid. The picture of the traumatized banker on the front page was funny. Also, the hospital-article on the front page was good. It wakes people up by showing them that there are people around that just need health care but despite their employment might not be able to pay for it.

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