Monthly Archives: February 2010

Weaponizing Mozart – Reason Magazine

classical music is not a wonder of the human world, it’s a repellent against mildly anti-social behavior

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Magnitude 8.8 – OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

Magnitude 8.8 – OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE Monstrous big, but 50 years ago, a 9.5 in the same region.

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Hard Life

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Down East Vanity Plate Humor

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A Stretch

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Using a Lawyer’s Words Against a Client – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com

Defense lawyers know how important it is to try to counter the initial wave of negative publicity about their clients, especially corporate chieftains who are often perceived by the public as guilty until proven innocent. The Court of Public Opinion … Continue reading

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What he saw at the meltdown

Ben Bernacke, Tim Geitner and Sheila Bair are still in office, but Hank (the “Tank”) Paulson is on the beach and the newly published author of this inside-the-Beltway first-person I-was-there. So, what do you get the man who has everything? … Continue reading

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The Interview

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What Congress was doing during the runup to the financial crisis

Public Law 109-145

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Aspiration

When I was a boy, the old man interrupted, life was simple. When you were a boy, his wife said, you were simple. Yes, I always had a goal. Always a goal. When I was a little boy, to be … Continue reading

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