Exxon Mobil is the world leader in climate change denial, arguing that too much remains unknown about the threat of climate change and how to address it. It has spent millions on peddling claims about global warming that have been debunked by all but a tiny number of scientists, infuriating everyone else concerned. Shareholders of …
“People get tired of living in a society filled with the sharp corners of incivility. “What is different this time is that the challenge to manners is coming from the right — not from the “free speech movement” but from brushfire populism. The standards and values of reality television — the exaggerated feuds, the personal …
Toynbee writes: “The moment is fertile for some yet-worse demagogue who calls for throwing out migrants already here. Expect the volume to be raised against the “elites” – anti- parliament, anti-politics, bored with democracy itself. Ignite hatred against Europe, blame Brussels for deliberately impoverishing us in revenge, (Tories already blame Brussels for policies they themselves …
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A letter from Portugal “The criterion behind this choice of paintings by Manuel Amadon, now shown at Casa das Historias , that is to say, the various possibilities of creating groups and relations within this universe of images, is freely devised in a curatorial approach that is unrestrained by any kind of systematic vision or …
“The ‘self-service revolution’ has been wonderful for companies. What better way to strip out costs than to replace supermarket cashiers with machines, or make passengers print out their boarding passes? In a new book, Shadow Work, Craig Lambert argues that “the reason why so many people feel overworked these days is that they are constantly being …
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