Day: December 12, 2003

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The Progress Paradox

12/12/2003 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on The Progress Paradox
Time magazine also had an exclusive excerpt from a new book: The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, by Greg Easterbrook (Random House, 355 pages)The points he made are very interesting; […]
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Big Fat Greek Problem

12/12/2003 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Big Fat Greek Problem
In preparing to be host of next summer’s Olympics, Athens has faced the usual hurdles, like finding enough hotel space and finishing construction on the venues.  But some less conventional problems have cropped up too. […]