May 2012
29 posts
“Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger got searched by a Transportation...”
– TSA Agents Conduct ‘Full Monty’ Pat-Down On Henry Kissinger « CBS DC
“Colleges can be top-heavy with administrators and woefully inefficient, and many...”
– Colleges Begin to Confront Higher Costs and Students’ Debt - NYTimes.com
“Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced...”
– Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO - Bloomberg
“Despite their “Human Rights” rhetoric, the students are ultimately angry at...”
– Quebec’s Students Revolt - Charles C. W. Cooke - National Review Online
“David [Brooks]: The job market for people with Ph.D.’s has been miserable for as...”
– College Dot Com - NYTimes.com
“Gail Collins: David, let’s get back to the high cost of higher education....”
– College Dot Com - NYTimes.com
“Once hailed as the first true rival to the iPad, Amazon’s Kindle Fire no longer...”
– What’s Behind the Drop in Kindle Fire Shipments? - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD
“There are elements of the Obama re-election campaign that turn my stomach....”
– The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
“In examining this controversy, it must be asserted from the outset that nothing...”
– Silencing Dissent About Black Studies « Commentary Magazine
“Paralysed woman Claire Lomas finally finished the London Marathon today, 16 days...”
– Paralysed Claire Lomas completes London Marathon - Telegraph
“I don’t open U.S. accounts, period,” said Su Shan Tan, head of private banking...”
– U.S. Millionaires Told Go Away as Tax Evasion Rule Looms - Bloomberg
“Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a cover story called...”
– Naomi Schaefer Riley: The Academic Mob Rules - WSJ.com
(Make sure to read the comments. They are stunning.)
“‘Dreams from My Father,’” said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University history and...”
– The dangerous new Obama book - Glenn Thrush and Dylan Byers - POLITICO.com
“President Obama has held just one full length, multi-topic, solo press...”
– Obama Abolishes the Press Conference | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
“I left it there, but I couldn’t help feeling that there was a little bit of a...”
– Occupy the Southern Poverty Law Center - By Charles C. W. Cooke - The Corner - National Review Online
“In light of the May Day arrests of the Cuyahoga 5, the Occupy Wall...”
– Occupy the Southern Poverty Law Center - By Charles C. W. Cooke - The Corner - National Review Online
“You almost need a corporate environment to get a fair shot,” she said while...”
– NYT: 4 years later, race is still issue for some voters - politics - The New York Times - msnbc.com
“Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he...”
– Al-Qaida memo to Bin Laden warns of ‘cunning methods’ of US news networks | World news | guardian.co.uk
“Here’s what Cinco de Mayo has become in the U.S.: a celebration of all...”
– News from The Associated Press
“At 114:41, it was the longest Rangers game in 73 years, and the fifth longest in...”
– Rangers Beat Capitals in 3 Overtimes - NYTimes.com
“Marian Gaborik stood outside the Rangers’ dressing room, exhausted but happy...”
– Rangers Beat Capitals in 3 Overtimes - NYTimes.com
It’s always about will, Marian. Everything is about will…LGR!
Manhattan Usual: Gone shopping --- um, fishing →
manhattanusual:
The best and (possibly) worst thing that can happen for an angler whose loved one doesn’t angle is a capitulation. In my case, it was the gear that finally wore him down. He’s a trooper when it comes to sitting streamside, reading and thinking Thoreau thoughts. But fish slime and poison ivy are…
“The best and (possibly) worst thing that can happen for an angler whose loved...”
– Manhattan Usual
“Perhaps only a fraction of the allied groups will come out the next time...”
– What Comes After May Day for Occupy Wall Street? — Daily Intel
“The White House informed the Post today the report on its website that President...”
– How The White House Smothered The News Of Obama’s Trip To Afghanistan
April 2012
6 posts
“Business Insider reports on a new research note from Hong Kong-based research...”
– Analyst Speculation Points to 2013 for Launch of Apple Television Set - Mac Rumors
“I said, ‘It’s an absolute joke,’ ” Lundqvist said. “I’m freezing the puck. He...”
– Rangers Live to Fight Another Day - NYTimes.com
“Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the...”
– P.J. O’Rourke: My Life as a Failed Country Gentleman - WSJ.com
“The heavily fortified $2 billion center should be up and running in September...”
– The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) | Threat Level | Wired.com
“It has to do with when and whether it’s right to get in people’s...”
– The Naked Truth at Stanford - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
“We often targeted academics because their job was to share knowledge and...”
– American Universities Infected by Foreign Spies Detected by FBI - Bloomberg
March 2012
4 posts
“The government safety net was created to keep Americans from abject poverty, but...”
– Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It - NYTimes.com
“NY is constitutionally not allowed to run a budget deficit. so they are simply...”
– Wall Street Bonus Pool Shrinks 14% - WSJ.com
Note: This is from the comment section, hence the editing
“Banks have finally figured out that business will not come back due to new...”
– Wall Street Bonus Pool Shrinks 14% - WSJ.com
February 2012
1 post
“In the House, three straight wave elections wiped out Main Street Republicans...”
– With Olympia Snowe’s retirement, the center crumbles - POLITICO.com
I’m not surprised. We’ve made it so important, shifting so much money to Washington, sooner or later extremism would come be the dominant color of our representatives. When there’s not much at stake...
January 2012
10 posts
“Soviet central planners mandated quotas for steel production, regardless of...”
– State of the Union Flop - Charles Krauthammer - National Review Online
“For an entire decade, between 1975 and 1985, Brian Eno could do no wrong. In...”
– SWINGING MODERN SOUNDS #33: The Sweet Spot - The Rumpus.net by Rick Moody
“The American public shares much of the skepticism of government at the heart of...”
– State of the Union? More Like State of the Campaign - NYTimes.com
Wow! A stunning admission from the Grey Lady.
“The MetLife mortgage lesson is that even companies with the best risk...”
– Review & Outlook: The MetLife Lesson - WSJ.com
“Were you a big Gowalla fan? Did you like Dodgeball? Did you think Trunk.ly...”
– Don’t Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog)
“The United States is living through an era of unprecedented elite failure, in...”
– Pariahs and Prophets - NYTimes.com
by Ross Douthat - and that’s just about the most accurate thing I’ve read in the Times in a long time.
“Among the arrests, 17 were for assault, 17 for drunkenness and 16 for public...”
– BBC News - London New Year celebrations: 77 arrested
Ahhh, the understated British…
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