This special edition of The New York Times comes from a future in which we are accomplishing what we know today to be possible.
Check out this spoof of the NY Times, dated July 4, 2009.
It’s not just a spoof of the front page. The story links work. Don’t miss the “Most Popular” article links on the story pages.
David Foster Wallace hanged himself a week ago. He was the author of several novels including, Infinite Jest, a book I managed to finish sometime in 1997, and one I remember and talk about more than almost any book I’ve read since.
I heard his 2005 commencement address to Kenyon College was published in today’s USA Today and went looking for it on the web. It is worth a read if you have a few minutes.
There’s an excellent interview with Davis Phinney in the June 11, 2007, Velonews.
“When I was a pro in the ’80s, it was so much less of an issue. When EPO became prevalent in the ’90s, the pace just skyrocketed. And you can have all the character in the world, but if you are getting dropped at every race, pretty soon you lose your contract. You can take a moral stand, but you’re also out of a job.
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“In America today there is an epidemic with steroids in high school sports. Because we don’t test, we don’t hear about it. But I’ve read projections that there are 2 million kids under the age of 18 doing steroids. When I look at that, I think our sport is pretty safe.”-Davis Phinney speaking to Ben Delaney, “Q & A Davis Phinney”.
Velonews, June 11, 2007. p. 22.
My interpretation of the moral of the story: Don’t judge other’s decisions from the perspective of my own circumstances. Maybe that is why the law specifies a jury comprised of the defendant’s peers. Too often, I think, the “peer” part is not given enough weight.
I wish I cared more about gay marriage. I just don’t. I think the whole religious-legal-cultural entanglement that forms the institution of marriage is way overvalued. And I think the special rights issues marriage raises go well beyond heterosexual versus homosexual. Still I love data like this that shows that opponents of same-sex marriage are basically cutting off their, in this case economic, noses.