Archive for January, 2009
A view of 1872 America through Japanese eyes
From December 23, 1871 to September 13, 1873, one of the first embassies of Meiji Japan traveled throughout the US and Europe on a fact-finding mission. Led by Prince Iwakura, their task was to re-negotiate treaties with unfavorable conditions, and to learn of advanced technology in order to spur growth in Japan, which had been closed off to outsiders under Shogunate rule.
Notes from the Field
Every week, we’ll get a look at book selling and culture through the eyes of our field reps. This week, with our “inaugural” piece, Bob Barnett of Louisville on his Obama Inauguration “Ticket Gate” experience.
Looking at the Inauguration
Bob Barnett
GeoEye-1 (aka the Google satellite) is the world’s highest resolution imagery satellite, and it views the Earth [...]
Robert Abbott – creator of Eleusis
Puzzle Monster posted an interview with Robert Abbott, puzzlist and creator of Eleusis. Abbott shared his game with the world through Martin Gardner’s Scientific American column.
NPR seeks Darwin in Cambridge
For the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, what better place for NPR to trace his roots than at Cambridge University.
Weekend Edition Sunday sent a correspondent to the Sedgwick Museum, where they’ll be digging deep into Darwin’s own specimen and fossil collection, and the Cambridge University Library, where they’ve interviewed our own Alison Pearn, of [...]
Will President Obama govern as a moderate?
Robert M. Calhoon
From the Charlotte Observer, January 20
Will Barack Obama govern as a Moderate, a Centrist, or a left of center Democrat?
Every sane person is a moderate in the sense of disliking extremes and striving for reasonableness in their politics. Historic Moderates, men and women whose lives have been changed by the [...]
