By Mitchell Knauf By 1948, with the establishment of world trade organizations like the GATT, IMF, and World Bank, globalization took off in developing nations. Importing tariffs and trade barriers began to fall and Western economies observed a potential to grow. As Third World nations dropped their trade borders and companies of developed nations started to focus on profits … [Read more...] about Electronic Waste
Archives for 2010
Confronting the Cat
By Brenda Yang Suffering proves to be a ubiquitous presence in both Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (Rebellion). Both pieces—one a play, the other a novel—demonstrate the futility of using grand systems and theories as a means to supplant or justify instances of profound individual suffering. In denying the details of suffering … [Read more...] about Confronting the Cat
Dumb It Down: Techno-Useless
By Nathan Rieder Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”. Some other guy undoubtedly once said “It’s trite and tacky to start a blog entry with a quote by Albert Einstein”. So be it. The veracity of this quote far outweighs any concerns I have about the stylistic taboo of opening with it. We live in a … [Read more...] about Dumb It Down: Techno-Useless
The Don’ts of Dating: Don’t Avoid Asking if She Has a Boyfriend
By Eric Weintraub To quote my good friend Dominick (who was probably quoting someone wittier than himself), “When a girl is in a relationship, you have one guy to compete with, but when she’s single, everyone on Earth is against you.” While Dominick proposes an amusing argument, going after a girl in a relationship is not a good idea and I would never recommend wasting your … [Read more...] about The Don’ts of Dating: Don’t Avoid Asking if She Has a Boyfriend
Curbside Cuisine: Simply Sliced
The Grandma Slice. It may sound out-of-date and unappealing, but it is undeniably the bright orange Slice Truck’s specialty. Unlike many of its competitors, this mobile eatery thrives on simplicity. The truck is a single color—aside from the large white circle and slice shape that houses the truck’s name on its side—and it sells one type of food: pizza. Cheese, pepperoni, … [Read more...] about Curbside Cuisine: Simply Sliced