I have read many book of general interest. Of all these I like Bertand Russell's "Common Sense and Nuclear Welfare" most. This is of a small size, but contains deep thoughts. It provides useful information on the different problems and dangers of a great war. Here we may consider some of Russell's useful ideas.
Credit card bills become a headache for everyone Much of America will be relieved that the US government isn't going to shutdown as it threatened many times earlier this spring. Some might recall the thousands of government employees furloughed because lawmakers couldn't reach an agreement over the federal budget.
After spending three years as Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Rudd Government, it would be natural to expect a fairly tantalising peek into the workings of that government, especially since Tanner was part of the so-called 'gang of four'. Instead what Tanner has written is a book that is principally critical of the modern media, but also catches in its net the politicians who depend on that media, and the population that consumes it. Sideshow is entirely free of any kind of rancour or meting out of blame for the circus we now have for a media. Nor does Tanner try to show himself above the phenomenon he describes. This makes Sideshow read as a mature investigation of the media's role in shaping our society and politics, written from someone who was in the belly of the beast for 18 years.
Russell wants all kinds of wars to come to an end. He thinks a smaller war can turn into a big, nuclear war. To avoid war all nations or countries should become friendly. Nations should stop having doubts about each other. Countries should stop to dominate others through war.
The most important part of Russell's book is about disarmament. He rightly says that all kind of nuclear weapons should be prohibited. All the existing stock of nuclear weapons should be destroyed. If the big powers stop making bombs or weapons they will be saving a lot of money. They will also not be in a position to fight a nuclear war to settle their disputes. There should be a complete agreement among them not to produce nuclear weapons. Their scientific centers or arms factories that produce nuclear weapons should be open to inspection.
More Focused Public Attention Will Improve Media The shortest way to improve the nation's media is for the public to start paying more attention and simply taking an interest in the politics and topics that directly affect them. Commercial media outlets would then have to respond to the demand for more involved and deeply penetrating work from journalists. The other options that Tanner considers for improving the media is for more government money to be directed to supporting quality journalism. Overall, Sideshow is a rather realistic (or pessimistic, depending on your outlook) book. Tanner doesn't really see much hope for positive change in the near future, and thinks that the current media environment may indeed be the new normal. Nor does he share the confidence that some place on the Internet as a new force for the broad dissemination of quality journalism. It may, but it's simply too early to tell.
Russell has written his book in a simple and interesting style. He explains his ideas well. One feel after reading the book that war is really extremely harmful and destructive. Russell has not discussed defensive wars which may sometimes be proper. But when all countries agree not to fight, even defensive wars will not be necessary. Russell's book is of course worth reading. It teaches good lessons to the entire world. Let rulers and politicians act upon these for the good of their countries and mankind.
Credit card bills become a headache for everyone Much of America will be relieved that the US government isn't going to shutdown as it threatened many times earlier this spring. Some might recall the thousands of government employees furloughed because lawmakers couldn't reach an agreement over the federal budget.
After spending three years as Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Rudd Government, it would be natural to expect a fairly tantalising peek into the workings of that government, especially since Tanner was part of the so-called 'gang of four'. Instead what Tanner has written is a book that is principally critical of the modern media, but also catches in its net the politicians who depend on that media, and the population that consumes it. Sideshow is entirely free of any kind of rancour or meting out of blame for the circus we now have for a media. Nor does Tanner try to show himself above the phenomenon he describes. This makes Sideshow read as a mature investigation of the media's role in shaping our society and politics, written from someone who was in the belly of the beast for 18 years.
Russell wants all kinds of wars to come to an end. He thinks a smaller war can turn into a big, nuclear war. To avoid war all nations or countries should become friendly. Nations should stop having doubts about each other. Countries should stop to dominate others through war.
The most important part of Russell's book is about disarmament. He rightly says that all kind of nuclear weapons should be prohibited. All the existing stock of nuclear weapons should be destroyed. If the big powers stop making bombs or weapons they will be saving a lot of money. They will also not be in a position to fight a nuclear war to settle their disputes. There should be a complete agreement among them not to produce nuclear weapons. Their scientific centers or arms factories that produce nuclear weapons should be open to inspection.
More Focused Public Attention Will Improve Media The shortest way to improve the nation's media is for the public to start paying more attention and simply taking an interest in the politics and topics that directly affect them. Commercial media outlets would then have to respond to the demand for more involved and deeply penetrating work from journalists. The other options that Tanner considers for improving the media is for more government money to be directed to supporting quality journalism. Overall, Sideshow is a rather realistic (or pessimistic, depending on your outlook) book. Tanner doesn't really see much hope for positive change in the near future, and thinks that the current media environment may indeed be the new normal. Nor does he share the confidence that some place on the Internet as a new force for the broad dissemination of quality journalism. It may, but it's simply too early to tell.
Russell has written his book in a simple and interesting style. He explains his ideas well. One feel after reading the book that war is really extremely harmful and destructive. Russell has not discussed defensive wars which may sometimes be proper. But when all countries agree not to fight, even defensive wars will not be necessary. Russell's book is of course worth reading. It teaches good lessons to the entire world. Let rulers and politicians act upon these for the good of their countries and mankind.
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