A weird article from The New York Times purports to reveal a growing consensus among lawmakers, born...
Month: November 2011
Jesse Ewiak writes: If I go to a doctor and he tells me I need this procedure...
Dear Global Economy, we thank thee for thy economies of scale, thy professional specialization, and thy international...
This is the time of year when it’s awesome to have a song that takes 10 minutes...
I just spent six and a half hours driving — the sun somehow in my face while...
In the comments threads of some of my earlier post, various argument have been forwarded for why...
Once thought the great liberal hope, captivating progressive audiences everywhere with promises of change, Obama has fallen...
As noted earlier, I am in the midst of a career change. I started my life as...
I’m enjoying the process of deflagging quotes. Today, I came across an article on Slate describing what...
Well I do, anyway. The economist Justin Wolfers tweeted an interesting poll result yesterday, from Kaiser (though...
Ladies and Gentlemen this being the latest in a round of posts on democracy, is going to...
I’m glad Mike Drew wrote a guest post. Mike’s comments are consistently the ones I meditate over...
Following on to Ethan’s post from earlier today about the dire job market, and Tod Kelly’s about...
Jonathan Chait’s debut (I think) long-read for New York Magazine is on liberal discontent with President Obama,...
Today’s XKCD puts the infographic magic on Money. Since people are really bad, generally, at wrapping their...
A funny thing happened with Community last week. Someone noticed that NBC hadn’t listed it on its...
Derek Thompson of The Atlantic has written extensively about the current recession. As he notes, young people...
Andrew Sullivan has a neat little post that brings up the topic of Intragalactic Ethics. There is...
(photo: Random people of different genders and ethnic backgrounds take time to do board-of-directory things.) Good...
One wonders how much the rise of Newtmentum influenced this decision: The answer to one of the...
