Monday, September 14, 2009

Obma to Wall Street: "Act Responsibly!"

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On the eve of Pittsburgh's G-20 Summit, the President tells Wall Street to get its act together : At the same time, we have to recogniz...

Hero of the Day: Judge Jed S. Rakoff

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From the Washington Post : A federal judge in New York Monday rejected a $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commissi...

NY: Going Dutch for 400 Years...

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The Dutch Royal Family sent Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of the House of Orange to congratulate New York City as well as Pres...

It's Official: Washington Replaces NYC as America's Financial Capital

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According to David Cho in yesterday's Washington Post : As financial firms navigate a life more closely connected to government aid and ...

All Universities to Become Stanley Kaplan

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that's apparntly the bottom line of Zephyr Teachout's story in yesterday's Washington Post about the future of online education...
Friday, September 11, 2009

President Obama Commemorates 9/11

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The official transcript: For Immediate Release September 11, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY...

NATO Forces Killed Afghan NY Times Hostage in Botched Raid

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According to David Batty's report in The Guardian (UK) , NY Times reporter Sultan Munadi was killed by NATO forces in the botched raid t...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Why Did Netanyahu Go To Moscow Monday?

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According to The Jerusalem Post, quoting Kommersant: A senior Kremlin official confirmed Wednesday to the Russian paper Kommersant that Pr...

Human Rights Watch "Expert" Collects Nazi Regalia

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I'm not making this up, either. From NGO Monitor : “That is so cool! The leather SS jacket makes my blood go cold it is so COOL!” --Fl...

Meet the US State Department's Official Blogger

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His name is P.J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. The State Department now shows a new motto on its website: "...

Ted Kennedy's "Last Hurrah"

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As I mentioned in a post after Ted Kennedy's Arlington funeral , he has continued politicking from beyond the grave, much like Mayor Ske...

Dan Brown's Washington

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In today's Washington Post Style section, a Masonic tour of Washington, DC, tied to Dan Brown's newest best-seller, The Lost Symbol...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

USAID Funded Iraqi Insurgents, Too...

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Recent reports of USAID funding for Afghan Taliban reminded of this earlier story from Bill Easterly's AIDWatch blog : ...namely a 2008...

Steve Jobs, Live and In Person...

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Federal Reserve Policies Corrupted Economics Profession

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So says Ryan Grim in today's Huffington Post: Galbraith, a Fed critic, has seen the Fed's influence on academia first hand. He and c...

Afghanistan 2009 v Chicago 2008

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Someone I know suggested that I take a look at US 2008 Presidential election results, precinct-by-precinct, when considering the Obama Admin...

All the College Courses You Can Take For $99/Month

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A teaching colleague sent me a link to this article by Kevin Carey from the Washington Monthly : StraighterLine is the brainchild of a man n...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Ascent (1977)

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The other night, someone I know and this blogger watched Laura Shepitko's 1977 Russian classic, The Ascent, which we had ordered from ...
Friday, September 04, 2009

From Our "Told You So" Department: USAID Funded Taliban in Afghanistan

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From Jean MacKenzie's story on GlobalPost.com (ht The Newshour With Jim Lehrer): KABUL — The United States Agency for International De...

Minister Confesses UK Traded Pan Am Bomber for BP-Libya Oil Deal

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In an item from the Press Association (UK), Justice Minister Jack Straw takes a fall for Prime Minister Gordon Brown: But Mr Straw said the ...