Jamie Malanowski

Month: December 2013

BEST BOOKS

On December 20th, Janet Maslin of The New York Times listed her Ten Favorite Books of 2013. Among them: “JOHNNY CARSON by Henry Bushkin (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). That rare celebrity tell-all by an author who knows whom and what he’s talking about. Perhaps Mr. Bushkin, a young lawyer in 1970, should have wondered why …

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WORSE THAN BROKEN

Last night on 60 Minutes (December 1st) Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said the company is testing delivering packages using drones. The idea would be to deliver packages as quickly as possible using the small, unmanned aircraft, through a service the company is calling Prime Air, the CEO said. This idea will never happen, of course. …

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POPENOMICS

On November 26, Pope Francis framed as a call for Catholics to embrace a new evangelization. Prominent among his remarks was this stinging critique of the inequality tolerated by western capitalism. Said the Pope:: Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, …

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