Category: Human issues
ethical issues and human interest stories
Late evening listening – Elvis rides again
This cannot be viewed here but the link takes you to the BBC. Watch our very own Economic Voice twanging the bass at 11:04 and the double-bass at 11:50: Click pic to watch and hear.
What’s Dave been up to now?
Just flicking through Spiegel, as one does and came across this: “Um Himmels Willen, Dave hat Sex” US-Entertainer David Letterman, König der Late-Show, liebt es, sich über die Schwächen Prominenter zu amüsieren. Als er nun wegen Affären mit Mitarbeiterinnen zum…
Ardi appears in the nick of time
Scientists on October 1st unveiled a fossil human ancestor dating back 4.4 million years — a creature more ancient than the famous fossil “Lucy.” And, the scientists say, even more important than Lucy. The team that discovered the fossil, called…
Late evening listening – feeling sunny
This evening, Dearieme presents Noel Coward’s advice to Mrs. Worthington: Unfortunately for Dearieme, Jean Goldkette’s Sunny Disposhish’ has youtube’s insanely annoying “embedding disabled” but it’s at the end of this link and well worth a listen. As some sort of…
Army of Crime – Virginie Ledoyen
The phrase “army of crime”, says Wiki, refers to the caption on the historical Affiche Rouge propaganda poster, in which the Nazis sought to present prominent resistance fighters as criminals. The caption read “Liberators? Liberation by the army of crime”.…
Late evening listening – controversial musicians
Jethro Tull Ian Anderon said after an unpopular Grammy Award, on account of how ancient they were: “Nostalgia tends to be a dangerous emotion in music because it never tells the truth. You try to relive the past and it…