Archive for October, 2010
Falling Into the Economic Chasm – NYTimes.com
“The tragedy here is that if voters do turn on Democrats, they will in effect be voting to make things even worse.” —Paul Krugman
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Why The Tea Party Elections On November 2, 2010 Will Ultimately Make No Difference
John Dean, former counsel to President Nixon, makes some cogent and, I hope, prescient points in an article he wrote for his FindLaw blog:
“Progressives, however, find the Tea Party’s populism to be faux: ‘Tea Party populism is driven by anger at our government and at our country. Real populism fights for all Americans, while Tea [...]
Gene Weingarten – Goodbye, cruel words: English. It’s dead to me.
“Once the most popular major at the nation’s leading colleges and universities, it now often trails more pragmatic disciplines, such as economics, politics, government, and, ironically, “communications,” which increasingly involves learning to write mobile-device-friendly ads for products like Cheez Doodles.”
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