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Thanks for the links, Richard. I read some of "These Things Are True" after you linked it in your newsletter,…
I thought I'd share some links to articles, newsletters, etc., often but not always written by Iranians: * The Factory…
That wasn't on purpose, but now that you mention it, I see it too. Neat.
Since you don't mention it in the chicken fat list it must be just pareidolia that makes me see the…
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Category Archives: In the news
Two Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert
If you’re ever feeling down about your life, feeling like you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, just ready to give up, take a gander at how Roger Ebert is holding up. The longtime writer and movie critic … Continue reading
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Geneva and Richard Taruskin's "Common Fallacy"
Writing in this past Thursday’s issue of The New York Times (February 4th), Michael Kimmelman compares the European tour on which the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent the Tehran Symphony Orchestra to similar tours on which the former Soviet Union … Continue reading
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Deficits aren't the biggest limit
The New York Times, in a story on the US’s large projected deficits in today’s paper, writes: For Mr. Obama and his successors, the effect of those projections is clear: Unless miraculous growth, or miraculous political compromises, creates some unforeseen … Continue reading
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The Election In Massachusetts Today
I assume everyone is watching Massachusetts as anxiously as I am? I’m somewhat desperately — is “desperately” too strong? Maybe. But maybe not — hoping that Martha Coakley wins the election today, because although the Democrats certainly can pass health … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, In the news
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The UN's Loss
It is fashionable in many quarters to bash the United Nations, and lets face it, there are many good reasons to; as an organization made up of the various governments of the world, the UN operates at the level of … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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Haiti
There’s never much that can be said in the first few hours of a natural disaster, other than that the disaster has happened, and that help will be needed. Well, disaster has happened. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, right … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, International issues
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The Jokes Just Write Themselves
So there was a failed terror attack today, and while that’s kind of scary and all, really, in this case, it’s mostly hilarious: Per Ed Henry on CNN: This administration has expressed skepticism of the color chart alert system. They’re … Continue reading
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Proposal to pay for the Afghan War
Some leading Democrats have been proposing that the Afghanistan war, like Health Care, should be deficit-neutral. The tax applies to all Americans earning $30,000 or more (although there are exemptions for “anyone who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan since … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Economics and the like, In the news
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Watcher: I can’t really subscribe to the school of thought that intervention is obviously, tautologically, evidently wrong but I also…