From our Parisian Friend
Scott recently posted about the strikes in France, citing an NPR report from a Paris correspondent who said, among other things: “This strike/protest is only using the pensions as a trigger to fight against...
Daily Archive: October 22, 2010
Friday Night Jukebox
I saw School of Seven Bells last night, and they were pretty excellent live. Enjoy:
The Clinton Aura and the Pending Rise of Democratic Meanness
Whatever one may say about Bill Clinton’s political leanings, let there be no doubt about this: 10 years after leaving office, he’s still the most skilled politician in the land. That may or may...
Chinese Professor
Doug Mataconis passes along this ad from Citizens Against Government Waste: It’s probably a pretty effective ad – James Fallows thinks it’s an instant classic – but I found it also kind of bizarre....
How Privatization Gets (and Deserves) a Bad Name
Gary Farber at Obsidian Wings points out this Matt Taibbi piece in Rolling Stone. Taibbi has always been skeptical of the free market movement, and sometimes his skepticism is even justified: In the summer...
My take on the French retirement protests
can be found here. Comments welcome, particularly from others who have been following the story in the francophone press.
