American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Down goes the population

Living at home with your parents is a very powerful contraception.
- British politician David Willetts quoted in the NYTimes’ very interesting story on the declining birthrate of Europe.
I had some major problems with the article, because author Russell Shorto asserts that the U.S. birthrate is higher than Europe’s due to more equality in home tasks [...]

YouTube and Google Accounts linked!

Oh crap. The integration has begun.

Same Story, Different Details

This is kind of a sad one (2).
The remains of Hedviga Golik were found last month in her apartment in Croatia. According to reports she had made herself a cup of tea, sat down in her armchair to watch some tv, and must have passed away.
Having been born in 1924, there is nothign too surprising [...]

More Art for Wednesday

Well, I guess it is technically for Thursday.
Starting tomorrow and running through October 13th, the city is getting 4 waterfalls. Olafur Eliasson’s “The New York City Waterfalls” has been installed around the city. Although organized by the City and the Public Art Fund, the project is totally funded from private supporters, corporations and other foundations, [...]

Art Wednesday

Well, I have given up on trying to make this a weekly column, so it is becoming an occasional column.
I’ve come across 2 sets of photos in the last two days. One set is pretty interesting and the other set is pretty incredible, both are definitely worth checking out.
The first set of pictures makes it [...]

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