Archive for May, 2012
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Facebook Follies
Posted on May 18, 2012
Today, the inventors of Facebook finally get rich. According to the New York Times: “The social network priced at the top end of the range it set earlier...
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The Persons Of Color Coalition
Posted on May 17, 2012
When the Irish first emigrated from Ireland to America, they were likened to baboons and other nefarious creatures by nativists from the No-nothing party. Signs on storefronts were fairly...
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Celebrity Trials
Posted on May 16, 2012
Perhaps the first big celebrity trial that I remember was O.J. Simpson’s. Talk about a big deal. It combined the glamour of Hollywood and NFL, it had huge...
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Lameggedon
Posted on May 15, 2012
If policy-makers truly cared about the national deficit, they would do nothing for the next year. They would allow the Bush tax cuts to expire. They would allow all...
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It’s Complicated Part 2
Posted on May 14, 2012
Sometimes I repeat myself, which is exactly what I am doing with this opening paragraph. But I make a different point than I made last November....
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