FOOTBALL GUIDE 2009 Sep 4, 2009
Hands on his hips, Greg Paulus shook his head slowly and coldly. His blissful complexion turned pale. (Daily Orange, NY)
Farmers may be planting the root of all evil Jul 2, 2009
In his 1997 book Guns, Germs And Steel, Professor Jared Diamond, of the University of California, wrote that although we believe agriculture has enabled us to lead lives of wealth, health and longevity, it has in fact been detrimental to the species. He says that since agriculture evolved about 12,000 years ago, humans have been malnourished and disease-ridden compared with their hunter-gatherer ancestors. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Barack the Zionist Jun 18, 2009
And yet, in the words of Jared Diamond in , "The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs." Diamond's dictum was born out after Israel's conquests in the unexpected war of June 1967. Israeli leaders deadlocked on what to do with the newly occupied territories, especially the West Bank. (Slate)
Old Wood Becomes New Coal for Utilities Embracing Carbon-Gathering Trees Jun 3, 2009
Polynesians who arrived 1,600 years ago then cut and burned the trees for energy as well as to build canoes and transport their stone statues, according to Jared Diamond in Collapse. . (Bloomberg)
Clutch hits eluding Yanks at key spots May 7, 2009
By Jared Diamond / MLB.com ... Jared Diamond is an associate reporter for MLB.com. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Regional Roundup Apr 17, 2009
Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer-prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel, will be the keynote speaker at University of the Pacific s BioFest, a celebration of the recently opened Biological Sciences Center. It is free and open to the public. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Peeking over eco barons’ walled gardens - Overview of environmental advocates is a little too starry-eyed Apr 11, 2009
What we know from history, from Arnold Toynbee and Jared Diamond, is that aristocracy tends to use its means and privileges not to save the world but to keep it increasingly at arm s length, secure behind castle walls (or sequestered in gated communities. until the last tree is felled and the last well runs dry. (Missoulian, MT)
