Almanac notes and birthdays for December 8, 2024
Today features a roster of notable birthdays including Eli Whitney James Thurber Sammy Davis Jr and Jim Morrison. A quoted thought from Morrison accompanies a cotton export milestone attributed to the era before Whitney's cotton gin and a first quarter moon on December 8 with Teri Hatcher turning sixty.
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Kim Basinger
Ann Coulter
Teri Hatcher
Kevin Harvick
Ryan Newman
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Fareed Zakaria on saving democratic institutions
Fareed Zakaria argues that global crises expose a crisis of democratic institutions. He notes martial law debates in South Korea and no confidence votes in France, linking them to distrust of elites and a shift toward individual power over strong institutions. He highlights Pew data and Nobel economics on institution strength, urging protection of liberal democracy’s procedural foundations.
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The Quieting of Public Space Over Thirty Years
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Tyler Cowen discusses a National Bureau of Economic Research study using 1979 1980 and 2008 2010 footage from New York Philadelphia and Boston to show public spaces shifting from social hangouts to fast moving throughways. Walking speed rose 15 percent while lingering plummeted by about half in key sites. Public encounters declined as smartphones and online meeting tools reshape urban life.
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