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...
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“I like the way this syllabus is constructed, but as a grad student I dislike...”
– The Millions : The Life and Afterlife of Literary Theory: A Syllabus
Paul Krugman: One Point Seven Seven →
Who could have imagined? Well, me.
“An international team of scientists has recorded neutrino particles travelling...”
– Particles recorded moving faster than light - CERN | Reuters
One word: steroids
“And that’s exactly what CNN put on the other night. A game show. The cable...”
– Bob Cesca: Cable News Debate Coverage Is Hurting Democracy
“Chuck Todd likes to occasionally refer to the political press as “the...”
– Bob Cesca: Cable News Debate Coverage Is Hurting Democracy
“8:42 — Herman Cain lays out his famous “9-9-9” economic plan: Nine...”
– Live: The Tea Party GOP Debate
“8:38 — Jon Huntsman has now mentioned both heroin and Kurt Cobain in this...”
– Live: The Tea Party GOP Debate
“And while celebrity has always gone hand in hand with substance abuse and...”
– Suicides, Binge Drinking — Reality-Show Bad News Just Keeps Coming | TheWrap TV
“Every time I hear NPR (that allegedly socialistic outfit) describe the latest...”
– Congressional Staffer Mike Lofgren Turns on His Fellow Republicans - The Daily Beast
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP... →
“The media are also complicit in this phenomenon. Ever since the bifurcation of...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“Under the circumstances, it is no wonder that Washington is gridlocked:...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
“It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout
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“None of this is to say the Huffington Post is worthless; indeed, it’s...”
– You Say “Huffington”, I Say “Arrington”…Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
Arianna Huffington’s Hypocritical Ploy To Decapitate TechCrunch
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“More to the point, TechCrunch’s comfortably conflicted reporting...”
– Arianna Huffington’s Hypocritical Ploy To Decapitate TechCrunch
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“Simply put, while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good at...”
– Steve Blank: It’s Not How Big a Startup is — It’s How Well it Performs 