March 2009
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Community, capitalism, and the human story
It occurs to me that this blog’s new title is Community, and I found that word echoing in my head last night as I asked a question at Union Theological Seminary’s “mega-class.” Following are my question and Dr. Serene Jones’ response – I addressed the question to her because, after hearing the fabulous Gary Dorrien answer a half dozen questions on the AIG bailout, I...
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Missteps involve walking
WaPo comment thread on Obama's Leno appearance,
afmo: wow...what kind of monster mocks the Special Olympics? Disgraceful.
davenp35: Obama is disgusting! Imagine what all the papers and channels would be doing tomorrow if Bush had said this?!?
josephkenny: Bush did not speak about the Special Olympics at all. In fact, he forbid his Surgeon General to endorse or attend the Special Olympics, due to the fact that they were supported by the Shrivers.
...oh.
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Getting at something
I wonder what it is that I feel so connected to David Foster Wallace’s own search for ontological clarity and meaning and yet guard my life with much more jealousy than it seems he ever did. By which I mean simply: he always understood something about the idea of suicide as a “solution” to deep metaphysical unrest that I doubt I’ll ever be able to fathom. I am so enamored...
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The Insolvency Dilemma →
Add another notch to the board: Krugman makes the case for widespread insolvency in the troubled banks. He adds to a large number of voices – including my alma mater for my WikiPhD in Economics, Planet Money – who see things that way.
In opposition, of course, are Treasury and the White House, whose continued investment demonstrates their belief that the trouble lies in liquidity. And I find the...
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Supreme Court to conference on Al-Marri this week
For a while now, the “season” whose statistics, subplots, and relative greatness I track with the most enthusiasm is that of the Supreme Court of the United States, and we are in the thick of things this year.
Although it’s invigorating to see that this court found in favor of a consumer (a consumer!) in the Wyeth drug labeling case, this civil libertarian is entirely consumed...
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