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Michigan Governor's Race 2010 as of 12-9-09

LANSING: Cherry renews call for taxing bottled water firms Lt. Gov. John Cherry called again Monday for a 10-cent-per-bottle tax on water bottling companies in Michigan to pay for the restoration of...

24 comments    politics michigan economy
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's Crystal Ball

Nicholas Thomson's Review of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's "The Predictioneer's Game" Self interest is central to Bueno de Mesquita's analysis and predictions: Yes, you read that correctly. On Page 15 of The...

4 comments    predictions nostradamus
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Income Disparity Grows

Elizabeth Warren: America Without a Middle Class Can you imagine an America without a strong middle class? If you can, would it still be America as we know it?Top 200 CEO Pay Richest Americans Lose $300...

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Supercapitalism--thoughts by Robert Reich and Tony Judt

The current issue of The NY Review of Books features a thought-provoking review of Robert Reich's new book "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life." Judt convincingly...

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Who's to Blame for the World Economic Crisis?

Bush Monkeys by the Wizard of Whimsey"Fool's Gold" by Gillian Tett and "Dumb Money by Daniel Gross reviewed by Michiko Katutani If you want to know how we got into the current global recession read Michiko...

4 comments    politics banking economics
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Ann Coulter Leaves a Bad Taste in My Dog's Mouth

 Ann Coulter is under investigation for voter fraud for voting in Connecticut although she's a resident of New York. ...

5 comments    politics political humor
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I PAINT WHAT I SEE A Ballad of Artistic Integrity by E. B. White

"What do you paint when you paint a wall?" Said John D.'s grandson Nelson. "Do you paint just anything there at all? "Will there be any doves or a tree in fall? "Or a hunting scene like an English...

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Segolene Royal--a Breath of Fresh Air in France and the Newest, Hottest Prime Minister

Yulia Tymoshenko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yulia Tymoshenko, born in 1960; first female prime minister of Ukraine. She has brains as well as beauty--a Phd in economics and 50 published papers. She...

29 comments    politics france hillary clinton
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Bob Dylan's War Songs

With God on Our Side Slate Dylan Photo Album

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Tim Russert--Elegy for a Rubber Stamp

Here're some exerpts from an article from the master wordsmith on politics, Lewis Lapham, in the September Harper's Magazine. I would link the article but the webzine is open only to subscribers, and it...

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