A place for Tam Newsies to share and comment on what they are reading.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32030270 http://www.bbc.com/news/live/32030778 The plane crashed around 11:00 last night with 144 passengers, two pilots, and four crew members. There are no ex...
Guns are tools. That kill people. The ease at which almost anyone can procure a gun is honestly terrifying. Given the kid that did this is probably really fucked up but having guns available for th...
Elite private universities aren't even close to the top in a study of whose alumni believe their jobs are making the world a better place. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/whic...
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-obama-assess-20140911-story.html#page=1 Today marks 13 years since the U.S has been at war with the Middle East. Today Americans want to have an acti...
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Honolulu-moves-to-keep-paradise-for-tourists-not-5747309.php SFGate has reported on these events, in the area of Waikiki, a tourist resort, several homeless p...
I never thought that the income disparity in San Francisco was growing so fast, but now that I think about it, it all makes sense. I certainly knew that property values in SF have skyrocketed in re...
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sarah-jones-oscars-in-memoriam-20140302,0,5165096.story
What do you think of people blaming Janay Palmer for this incident? http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/opinion/robbins-ray-rice-abuse/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
It's interesting to see how the new regions would be split up. You can really see the differences between the California people and how the state could split up. Obviously, that won't happen, but i...
Should a unisex naming system be implemented to prevent future disasters?
http://www.theonion.com/articles/shocking-game-of-thrones-finale-concludes-with-arr,36286/ 5 Million "Game of Thrones" fans arrested after pirating the show online.
http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/time-to-ban-middle-school/?ref=opinion Is it time to get rid of those miserable middle school years?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/nyregion/new-york-pauses-to-remember-9-11-anniversary.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region&a...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/world/asia/north-korea-returns-a-defector-to-the-south.html?ref=world Why would someone run from the South to the North of Korea? This seems kind of backwards to me.
http://hellogiggles.com/instagrams-pro-anorexia-controversy I know this article is from last year, so it may not be as up to date, but I still feel that it is relevant and have personally noticed ...
http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/31/5568136/okcupid-asks-users-to-boycott-firefox-because-of-ceos-gay-rights I'm torn on this topic. while CEO Brendon Eich has a bigoted opinion, I don't know if as...
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/journalism-is-not-content-production/ An interesting article from TechCrunch about how the field of journalism is changing due to the influence of startups and an ...
This fifteen-year-old cooking prodigy wants to "the best restaurant in the world." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/magazine/the-chef-at-15.html?hpw&rref=dining&_r=0
The reason that cursive was common is because it is a faster way to write without being illegible - and for me, since I use it often, it is exactly that. I think we should stress typing more than c...
