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A Prediction Worth Taking Note Of: Marginal Revolution, Indeed
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: books, Jonathan Taylor, Kindle, Tyler Cowen
Jonathan Taylor writes:
In the longer run I expect "annotated" books will be available for full public review, though Kindle-like technologies. You'll be reading Rousseau's Social Contract and be able to call up the five most popular sets of annotations, the three most popular condensations, J.K. Rowling's nomination for "favorite page," a YouTube of Harold Bloom gushing about it, and so on.(continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Love is Danger
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: animal, cartoons, comics, love, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Banksy, Binksy, and Bunksy
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: Banksy, cartoons, comics, Pollux, street art, The Wavy Rule
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The Times Appoints a 'Gimlet Eye': Guy Trebay Covers the Riprap
Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: Guy Trebay, New York Times, Tyler Cowen
Jonathan Taylor writes:
"DOES anyone remember that, long before Madonna was a zillionairess with a fake British accent, she used to dance at the Roxy with a posse of Latino b-boys?" asked The Times's Guy Trebay in his April 7 profile of Paper magazine coeditor Kim Hastreiter. (Hastreiter does.)
Does anyone remember that, since long before becoming a fashion writer at The Times—and turning out some admittedly (continued)
Barack Obama Looking at Awesome Things
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: Barack Obama, Dean Trippe, photos
A set of, ah, news photos of the President you’ll savor. (Along with this illuminating background.) Thanks to the always inspiring Rosscott for the link! —E.G. (continued)
Remnick and Coates: Video
Filed under: On the Spot Tagged: Barack Obama, Bill Maher, books, David Remnick, Jon Stewart, Ta-Nehisi Coates, television
Martin Schneider writes:
A couple of weeks ago Emily, Jonathan, and I attended an event at the New York Public Library with David Remnick and Ta-Nehisi Coates. I wrote about it here. The New York Public Library has posted a video of the event here.
That event was pegged to the publication of Remnick's new book about Barack Obama, The Bridge. In line with that fact, Remnick has recently appeared on The Daily Show and Real Time with Bill Maher. The Daily Show's website has (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The Zjnomo Typeface
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, fonts, Pollux, The Wavy Rule, typography
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Hands-Free Law
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, cellphone, comics, law, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Galileo's Law of Motion
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How Presidents Ruin America: An Ideological Thesis
Filed under: The Squib Report Tagged: Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Charles Darwin, George W. Bush, Goldfinger, Leo Tolstoy, politics
Martin Schneider writes:
A centrist friend today forwarded me an email from a Republican friend. This person, whom I don't know, is a staunch Republican who works in Boston. The message ran, in part:
Obama is destroying this country, I am not nuts.Also, read about what is happening in MA with its healthcare. This is what may happen to the country under Obamacare
By now we're all used to entrenched opposition to Obama's health care plan, so that part doesn't faze me at all.
What struck me is the phrase, "Obama is destroying the country." It occurred to me that a (continued)
