October 2011
40 posts
The Rick Perrys and the Sarah Palins have created this romantic fiction of a...
– ‘Sarah Palin: You Betcha!’ Nick Broomfield on His Documentary - The Daily Beast
September 2011
38 posts
Q. What are your principles for success? A. In 1981, I said, “I’m going to...
– Dr. Paul Polak Invents Devices to Help the World’s Poorest - NYTimes.com
Q. What’s the biggest mistake aid agencies make? A. As we were developing our...
– Dr. Paul Polak Invents Devices to Help the World’s Poorest - NYTimes.com
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I was one of the pioneers in treating people more effectively in real-life...
– Dr. Paul Polak Invents Devices to Help the World’s Poorest - NYTimes.com
No, Germany’s real motivation to help Greece is not cash; it’s culture. Germans...
– Germany’s Love for Greece - NYTimes.com
Unfortunately the corporate income tax, originally intended as only a stopgap...
– John Steele Gordon: A Short History of the Income Tax - WSJ.com
Make no mistake, the Kindle is a media consumption device. From movies, to...
– With Kindle Fire, Amazon looks to burn down Apple’s house (first impressions) | ZDNet
And when the unemployment rate is hovering at 9.2 percent nationwide, 10.7...
– Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers
while the Republicans attack the president for increasing the size of...
– Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers
Adding to the syllabus of conservative contradictions this week, both Christie...
– Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers
Christie’s criticism was more than a little odd considering how Christie...
– Bob Cesca: The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers
I’m going to keep repeating though, Greta, through my process of...
– Sarah Palin Says Herman Cain Is The ‘Flavor Of The Week,’ Flubs GOP Candidate’s Name
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So Warren, then, has found the better formula for “channeling liberal...
– Five Best Tuesday Columns - National - The Atlantic Wire
The Heritage Foundation found that 11 percent of military recruits in 2007 came...
– Five Best Tuesday Columns - National - The Atlantic Wire
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Senator Jim Demint said Solyndra shows the “unintended results when our...
– Five Best Tuesday Columns - National - The Atlantic Wire
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it was the George W. Bush administration, Milbank reminds us, that first...
– Five Best Tuesday Columns - National - The Atlantic Wire
the way you get people to perceive you to have important opinions is to: a)...
– What It’s Like to Learn Journalism from Jeff Jarvis - Business - The Atlantic Wire
If Jarvis was CUNY’s good wizard, Dumbledore or Gandalf, NYU’s Rosen...
– What It’s Like to Learn Journalism from Jeff Jarvis - Business - The Atlantic Wire
At a certain point in the discussion she says that Jarvis was trying to get...
– What It’s Like to Learn Journalism from Jeff Jarvis - Business - The Atlantic Wire
Maker of Music, Lighter of Lights: Muppet-Master... →
LH: He was a very technically proficient person who was always embracing the latest technology. Like a lot of men, he was a gadget guy: he would be the first person to buy the Handycam, or the personal tape-recording devices before they were called Walkmen. He was really proficient with - and really liked - everything gadgety. I don’t think that he would have rejected any type of new...