“The sophistication..of machines [and media offers no hope] that someday man’s thinking will be done for him.” http://budtheteacher.com/blog/2014/09/03/investing-meaning-clarifying-objectives-and-remembering-care/
The politics of a standard American private life: “I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others.” http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay
As “misinformation [feeds] paranoia across the United States about [Ebola],” hope for appropriate aid is threatened. http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/27/hidden-truth-about-ebola/
Ebola: “The epidemic here in Liberia, which is supposed to be its epicenter, seems to be subsiding.” http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/27/hidden-truth-about-ebola/
“A New York Times reporter who receives such a claim…should somehow signal to us that he knows how bogus it is.” http://pressthink.org/2014/10/facebooks-phony-claim-that-youre-in-charge/
A profession could take responsibility for the quality of certain Wikipedia articles: medical folks and ebola, e.g.
History “buttonholes” us to ask, “‘Have you seen? Have you understood?’ And…’What are you going to do about it?'” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/25/tread-warily-when-you-try-to-enlist-the-past
Onlookers, a victim forced to kneel, and a soldier pointing a pistol: “It is far too late to ask how you got here.” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/25/tread-warily-when-you-try-to-enlist-the-past
Semaphore & Cairn 