BNT’s Best of the Week 11/24/07

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Religion WarIt’s time now to round-up our favourite links from the week.

What does denial have to do with forgiveness? Quite a lot, says the NY times article “Denial Makes the World Go Round

With films like ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘Sicko’ we seem to be living in the golden age of documentaries. Learn how activists and filmmakers are teaming up to change the world.

“Plausible and even courageous in the mouth of a patient who knows he’s going to die, the sentiment fits equally well in the heart of a citizen-ry that believes it is already dead.” Quoted from the must-read article “Specific Suggestion: General Strike” in Harper’s.

Savour that dog-eared paperback in your hands while on the road. The future of reading is coming.

Religion is back…with a vengeance, so says “The New Wars of Religion.”

Finally, for the travel photographers, here’s 10 Ways to Add Variety to Your Digital Photos.

Enjoy the weekend!


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  • Tim Patterson replied on November 24, 2007

    Thanks for these, Ian, especially the Harpers link. Great stuff.

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  • Michaela Lola replied on November 25, 2007

    Great suggestions! I really liked the Newsweek piece on iPod style books. This may not be ‘progressive’ of me, but I wish all this technology would stop! Let’s go back to the good ol’ days of bulky typewriters and beaten down books! Just kidding.

    Michaela Lola

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