Friday, June 17, 2011

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday, June 17, 2011)
(1)- ARUNDHATI ROY -- Her latest book focuses on India’s newest unfolding tragedy: its hidden war against Maoist rebels, who have established a firm foothold among the neglected tribal people of India’s heartland.

(2)- SLUTWALKS GONE VIRAL – In a feminist movement that is often fighting simply to hold ground, SlutWalks stand out as a reminder of feminism’s more grass-roots past and point to what the future could look like.

(3)- BUILT-IN DECISIONS -- Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source they're working on is no richer than the rest of the patch and that it's time to move on and find something better. It’s neurology.

(4)- SPANISH CLAMPDOWN -- A bill that would allow Spain’s authorities to close down illegal websites with limited judicial oversight has caused anger among the country’s Internet users. The law is to close a file sharing loophole.

(5)- RECENT DATA – A study reports on which days of the week — and which times of day — are the best to meet someone at a bar. It’s weekdays, not weekends, according to the newly created data-driven index.

(6)- PAYING LESS FOR LAWYERS -- Top American firms have cut hiring or moved to a lower-tier pay system for many new associates. Corporations are reducing their legal departments using legal temp companies that pay as little as $20 a hour.

(7)- BIG BAD PHARMA -- Drugmakers don’t just compromise doctors; they also undermine top medical journals and skew medical research. “All journals are bought—or at least cleverly used—by the pharmaceutical industry,” says…

(8)- SOCIAL DARWINISM -- Family ties may raise stress hormones — after the holiday season especially — rather than immunity-enhancing endorphins. But the fact is in times of high mortality, kin relations matter hugely to survival.

(9)- TERRY EAGLETON MAKES A PROPER COMPLAINT -- Too many people just don’t know how to behave—or how to use words properly. Fines, jail and shoe-shining duty await them all.

POLITICAL CARTOON

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