“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” ― Zora Neale Hurston
Sunday, November 30, 2014
First Reads
Grand juries are secret, remote from an adversary process, and dependent on prosecutors’ guidance: http://j.mp/11tiCx5
Charles Blow - Fury After Ferguson http://nyti.ms/1y3s34n (NYT)
Glenn Loury (Brown University) & John McWhorter (Time, Columbia University) http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/32176?in=13:20&out=19:19 (Video)
Best reconstruction of what MIGHT have happened on that fateful morning: http://www.vox.com/2014/11/25/7287443/dorian-johnson-story …
Rand Paul on Ferguson: Criminal justice reforms part of answer http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/rand-paul-ferguson-grand-jury-react-113166.html … via POLITICO
The claim that we’re near a millennial majority in the workforce is false. http://on.wsj.com/1rlXzZP
U.S. research and development is at its lowest levels since 1956: http://buswk.co/11Eag5Q
Rod Dreher weighs in on the controversy surrounding a grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson: http://theam.cn/12foF8y
Ferguson highlights deep divisions between blacks and whites in America http://pewrsr.ch/1rlR88X
An Off-Duty Police Officer Shot A Woman In The Head During A Road-Rage Incident http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/an-off-duty-cop-shot-a-women-in-the-head-during-a-road-rage …
Married at 3, divorced at 7 >>>how girls in Ethiopia are reclaiming their childhoods http://ow.ly/EQx0U
Russians dub #Ferguson protests the "Afromaidan," comparing to "Euromaidan" protests during Ukraine crisis — http://bit.ly/1zwf20g
Call it the Uber effect: Taxi medallion prices are falling across the country. http://nyti.ms/1yh53N0