you’d really think they’d learn
to stop doing this sort of thing: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/10/21/website_alleges_new_jersey_mayor_paid_for_sex.html October 21, 2011 at 04:09PM
View Articlethe origins of federal reserve bank power over the economy
A fascinating historical oddity gleaned on the train this morning while reading Lords of Finance: much of the extensive power wielded by the Fed (including open market operations) developed in the...
View Articlemovie review: ides of march
In a word: meh. In a phrase: it’s been years since I’ve seen a movie where I’ve so thoroughly disliked every character. In a further phrase: what I wouldn’t have given for a faster pace, say maybe...
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children of the sky
It’s very rare for the voters of the world science fiction convention to be so conflicted that they are forced to award the Hugo Award in a given category to two winners, because voting has ended in a...
View Articlesay again?
Wow. From a report in the Wapo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/antiabortion-movement-hoping-for-electoral-victory-in-miss/2011/10/25/gIQAHEVGmM_story_1.html) about Tuesday’s vote to change the...
View Articlefood for thought
There was a report in some paper – probably the Post, but I can’t be bothered to search for it – over the weekend about concerns that the electric company responsible for the cleanup at Fukushima might...
View ArticleNovember 11, 2011 election
there’s an election tomorrow. in nyc, it’s not a very interesting election. in my part of nyc, i can vote for three different kinds of judges - justices of the supreme court (eg, the trial court),...
View Articleon the Dorr Rebellion
The most interesting parts of history aren’t in the schoolboy history books. This particular part of history is poorly served even by adult academic histories; it’s a mostly forgotten episode with only...
View Articlebook review: the alloy of law
I’ve been a big Brandon Sanderson fan ever since I read Mistborn. Perhaps because of that, there’s something about his writing which makes it very, very easy to read; when I was doing my borderline...
View Articleconcert review: the foo fighters
I went to see the Foo Fighters primarily because of one song, which I am convinced is the best rock song of the last decade (for me, at least). So I was pleasanlty surprised by the fact that the...
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