Monday Morning Mental Mix 11 July 2011
- At July 11, 2011
- By Don Pogreba
- In Cool Ideas
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The New York Times reviews Honeybee Democracy, which argues that the life and death decisions bees make about issues like moving the 
colony are much like New England town hall meetings. Somehow, I suspect Henry David Thoreau would enjoy this book.
Joanne Barkan, writing for Dissent, takes on the war against teachers. The opening of the piece offers a sobering assessment: “In a nation as politically and ideologically riven as ours, it’s remarkable to see so broad an agreement on what ails public schools. It’s the teachers.
Rajan Menon argues in the National Interest that Colonel Qaddafi has won the war in Libya: Yet this what the interventionists maintain, never mind that their righteous rendition begs a question: Why, under such favorable circumstances, has the world’s most powerful alliance failed to oust a reviled ruler who presides over what is now a third-rate military machine and faces relentless air attacks, wide-ranging sanctions, and an opposition that is said to reflect the public’s sentiment and now receives external arms, training and money?
David Ralph’s review of Chocolate nations: Living and dying for cocoa in West Africa provides some excellent insight into the ongoing conflict in Côte d’Ivoire and the exploitative practices associated with chocolate production.
Finally, Nissan offers another effective advertisement for its Leaf car.
