January 2012
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“Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack...”
– Connie Cass, “Romney would rank among richest presidents ever”
(via Ezra Klein)
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“’Weird’ is the word I hear most from Republicans who have worked...”
– Robert Reich,
“Don’t wish for a Newt nomination”
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“There’s no indication that Apple was in a bidding war over Tim...”
– Matthew Yglesias, “Tim Cook’s Payday”
(via Ezra Klein)
Related: “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”, from This American Life.
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Demolition Looms for 'Blues Brothers' Mall →
The shopping mall that the Blues Brothers wrecked in 1979, immediately after it closed, is still standing. For another couple weeks.
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Supreme Court Gives the Go Ahead for... →
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“I approached [“Treat Her Like a Lady”] with a textbook’s worth...”
– Carl Wilson, Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, p. 141.
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“The greengrocer had to put the slogan in his window, therefore, not in the hope...”
– Vaclav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless”
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For Their Own Good →
A historical perspective on Newt Gingrich’s embrace of child labor.
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The Rick Santorum that America doesn't know →
Will Bunch argues that Santorum’s “Google problem” is a diversion from real problems with his political career and personal ethics, of which he provides a guided tour. Among the least of his offenses: “a so-called ‘leadership PAC’ created by Santorum that was supposed to fund other Republicans instead seemed to mostly pay for the lifestyle of Santorum and those...