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Oleh Aminuddin SiregarHingga hari-hari belakangan ini nampak bahwa dunia perbukuan Indonesia terus meningkat sejalan dengan laju pertambahan penduduk dan meluapnya informasi dari berbagai sumber. Baik informasi yang berasal dari bahan cetak seperti Surat Kabar, Majalah, Bulletin, Tabloid, Jurnal, maupun informasi yang bersuber dari media elektronik, seperti Televisi, Radio, Internet dan banyak media lainnya yang bisa diakses oleh siapa saja yang membutuhkan bahan-bahan informasi itu. (lagi…)
Mei 14, 2008
News Night Debate
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In Torture Team leading QC Philippe Sands traces the life of the memorandum and examines the use of torture at Guantanamo and the US airbase at Bagram.
He also and explores issues of individual responsibility.
By Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
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Newsnight interview The Three Trillion Dollar War by Nobel award-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes of Harvard University is an attempt to put a price on how much was spent invading Iraq. The book counts direct spending by the US and UK before going on to cost everything from lives lost and damage done in the Middle East to replacing military hardware and caring for veterans in the West. (lagi…)
The Year of Magical Thinking
By Joan Didion
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When Joan Didion’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack, a partnership of 40 years ended in a second. Just days before, the couple had seen their only daughter fall seriously ill. Despite the unshakable reality of her husband’s death, Joan Didion’s thinking was far from down to earth - she found herself, for instance, keeping his shoes in case he returned.
Slowly she realised that beneath all the ritual and words lay a simple, aching truth - that she longed to perform an impossible trick and bring him back. This is the story of a year spent wishing; a year of magical thinking.
We regret that the extract from this book is no longer available here.
Eating - What we eat and why it matters
By Peter Singer and Jim Mason
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Philosopher Peter Singer and environmentalist Jim Mason follow three families with varying eating habits, from fast-food eaters to vegans, and explore how the food we eat makes its way to the table, and at what expense.
The authors peel back each layer of food production, and examine how they ought to factor into our buying choices. And recognising that we are not all likely to become vegetarian or vegan, they go on to offer ways to make the most ethical choices within the framework of a diet that includes animal products.
