There are no standards of fact anymore for a lot of people. We have gone from selecting sources of opinion that we agree with to selecting facts we agree with.
James B. McPherson, author of the Conservative Resurgence and the Press, to the New York Times 6.27.11
The president of Yale believes that in 10 to 15 years there will be 5 to 6 major global universities of great excellence and we’ll be lucky if two of them are from the United States."
Jim Hoge, outgoing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine, on Morning Joe 11.22.10
The Arctic rim will be transformed by climate change into a new economic powerhouse. As the ice recedes, ecosystems extend and minerals and fossil fuels are discovered and exploited, the Arctic will become a place of “great human activity, strategic value and economic importance.”
Seed Magazine review of The World in 2050 by Laurence Smith
