Thursday, April 30, 2009

Conservatism...not so much

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With the Republican brand all but destroyed; with fewer than twenty-five percent of Americans self identifying as Republicans, as conservati...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

100 Days and Accountability

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As we mark the first 100 days of the Obama administration, many will obviously view it in different ways.  But perhaps first among the many ...

The First 100 days

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Will Bolivia be the new Saudi Arabia?

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Housing prices falling down

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House prices continue to plunge.  Check out this Case-Shiller chart .
Monday, April 27, 2009

Flu Map

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Google maps the Swine Flue outbreak

Newspaper circulation continues to crumble

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The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that average daily newspaper circulation declined 7.1 percent in the October-March period from ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Obamanomics and Nudge

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Two interesting pieces trying to figure out Obama's economic policy though the idea of "Nudge." The first article by Franklin ...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Marriage Go Round

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Andrew Cherlin argues that marriage in America is totally unique, as compared to the rest of the world.  We value marriage and commitment, y...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Shop till you drop

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This is really the end of consumerism!  (hat tip Andrew)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

South Africa's unfulfilled hope

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Award-winning journalist Alec Russell was in South Africa to witness the fall of apartheid and the remarkable reconciliation of Nelson Mande...

Paling around with terrorists - again

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The recent presidential campaign and the controversy surrounding Bill Ayers reignited the debate about anti war protesters in the 60's....
Friday, April 17, 2009

By all appearances...

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George Will in today's Washington Post on what he sees as a serious plague on the world.  So glad he has his priorities straight. Money...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sex, Power & the Future of the World

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If there is a single touchstone to the culture wars around the world, it is the issue of reproductive choice.  More than just a domestic ral...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Shiller, Geanakoplos & Levin explain it all

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One of the best discussions to date about the current financial crisis, courtesy of Yale's President, Richard Levin and two of its most ...

What do these two events have in common?

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Phil Bronstein in the SF Chronicle pulls together two desperate events of yesterday. The conviction of Phil Spector and the death of Marily...

We may never shop this way again

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The Economist has a look at why we may never shop the same way again.  Money quote: Both the shift towards greater thrift and greater scept...
Monday, April 13, 2009

COLUMBINE - Ten years after

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Exactly ten years ago next week, on April 20, 1999, the nation suffered one of the great tragedies of the 20th Century.  That day Eric Harri...

This is your brain...

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The idea that consciousness is confined to the brain, like software in a computer, has dominated our science and philosophy for over two cen...

David Frum, the thinking conservative

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In a time when Republicans have become nothing more than a regional party , devoid of ideas and vision, there seems to be only two conservat...