

We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. (To put things in perspective, the PS4 will sell for $399 and the Xbox One for $499, but then again, both consoles are considerably more powerful than the Wii U.)Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: 8 release date for its device Sony has confirmed that the PS4 will hit shelves on Nov. (That figure is "really, really bad" Kotaku has noted.)īut there's also the small matter of the impending launch of the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4. Globally, in the months spanning April 1 and June 30, the Wii U sold a measly 160,000 units. According to Reuters, Nintendo has unloaded 3.6 million Wii U units since launch, which sounds like a big number until you consider that the Wii U launched all the way back in November of 2012. So what's behind the announcement? Well, for one thing, the Wii U has been selling rather dismally. 20, Nintendo will release a Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker bundle – complete with the game, a bunch of limited-edition artwork, and a "GamePad with Zelda-inspired gold accents" – for $299.99.

20, the Wii U Deluxe set would sell for $299.99, down from $349.99 at launch. In a press release today, Nintendo announced that starting Sept. Nintendo will soon drop the price of its new Wii U console by $50.
