Well, maybe not intergalactic, but certainly international, and certainly out of this world! European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti reads from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, on this year’s Towel Day from aboard the International Space Station.
So I wake up this morning and head to Google, as one usually does on a Monday, and notice that the Google home page has a familiar look to it.
I see “large, friendly letters” that read “DON’T PANIC.”
After a few minutes of mouse hovering I discover that the cause of today’s Google salute is that March 11 is Douglas Adams’ birthday. 61st birthday this year, to be exact. Or would have been, had the author still been alive.
What a nice honor!
Happy 61st Douglas. Wherever he’s got to…
BBC News – Why do people vote against their own interests?
The Republicans’ shock victory in the election for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts meant the Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate. This makes it even harder for the Obama administration to get healthcare reform passed in the US.
Political scientist Dr David Runciman gives his view on why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters.
Very good article. Read the rest of it here…
The books referenced in the article are listed below:
What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
I may look for these on Kindle.
a YouTube video in which the author discusses his upcoming book “And Another Thing…”
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