Gongol.com Archives: November 2017
November 29, 2017
Time should change the "Person of the Year" title
Time Magazine should long ago have clarified that the "Person of the Year" citation isn't an award to be won by changing the name to "Newsmaker of the Year". The fact they haven't made the change is a colossal unforced error that only plays right into the hands of President Trump, who is so utterly lacking in self-awareness that he took a press event to honor the Navajo Code-Talkers and turned it into a reckless display of insensitivity. In fact, he remains the leading newsmaker of the year -- but also in fact, no responsible organization in the world would nominate him as the most laudable person or character-driven leader in the world today. Time Magazine, it's time to change the name of your award. Either name the newsmaker of the year, or name the person of the year. One gets credit for commanding attention. The other ought to command respect.
Meredith purchase of Time Inc. could boost Des Moines
Creative talent will stay at Time in New York, but the Meredith CEO says a lot of support staff will move to Iowa
Roadblock to Brexit: The Irish/Northern Irish border
So, paradoxically, Britain's past as an expansionist/imperialist state is standing in the way of its ability today to secede from a different political project. It's an incredibly messy situation.
Most of Great Britain is less productive than most of old East Germany
And the old East Germany is much less productive than the old West Germany. Very important for the future of any country's economy.
Kat Timpf: "It suggests that President Trump does not understand that his role is to be a servant for the people of the United States -- of all of the people, whether they (or their fathers) like him or not."
Missive: Welcome to Bizarro-World
Some recent updates
