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What the hurricane hype reveals about NYC
City Hall’s overreaction to Irene suggests New York City is losing its reputation for toughness and swagger. Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“One more thing…,” TechCrunch, by M.G. Siegler [on Steve Jobs’ resignation] “Crime and the great recession,” City Journal, by James Q. Wilson “Perry’s GOP shock treatment,” New York, by John Heilemann “Let’s be honest: we’re in a depression, not a recession, and there’s no end in sight,” The New Republic, by Richard A. Posner “A […]
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“Can Rick Perry govern?” Texas Observer, by Dave Mann “The shape of the global economy will fundamentally change,” Foreign Policy, by Mohamed el-Erian “The dollar-store economy,” New York Times Magazine, by Jack Hitt “Is the SEC covering up Wall Street crimes?” Rolling Stone, by Matt Taibbi “Eco-fads: feel-good policies replace science,” Real Clear Science, by […]
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“What happened to Obama?” New York Times, by Drew Weston “American tinderbox,” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead “Liberals’ strange retreat on government spending,” The New Republic, by John Judis “Leap of faith: the making of a Republican front-runner,” The New Yorker, by Ryan Lizza [on Michele Bachmann] “Los Angeles: the City of Angels […]
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“President Obama’s big drags,” Politico, by Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen “The progressive crisis,” The American Interest, by Walter Russell Mead “Politics’ fatal therapeutic turn,” Dissent, by Zelda Bronstein “Health now: a provocation,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Mark Edmundson “Why the gender gap won’t go away. Ever,” City Journal, by Kay S. Hymowitz […]
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“An un-American response to the Oslo attack,” Salon, by Glenn Greenwald “Behind economic hard times, fear of the new,” Washington Post, by Robert Samuelson “Stinger: James O’Keefe’s greatest hits,” New York Times Magazine, by Zev Chafets “When patents attack,” NPR: This American Life, by Alex Blumberg and Laura Sydell “Amy Winehouse: the final interview,” The […]
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“What if the government defaults?” Slate, by Simon Johnson “Mastering the machine: how Ray Dalio built the world’s richest and strangest hedge fund,” The New Yorker, by John Cassidy “Why America’s young and restless will abandon cities for suburbs,” Fortune, by Joel Kotkin “The world is not overpopulated,” Real Clear Science, by Alex B. Berezow […]
The New York Times and Murdoch
Day by day, another shoe drops in the story from Britain concerning the phone-hacking scandal and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. The latest news is that the head of Scotland Yard has resigned, and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks has been arrested for questioning. It’s newsworthy, but the hyped-up outrage is all out […]
Back to posting
Sorry for the hiatus. The day job and moving house have got in the way. Service is resumed.
This week’s articles of note
“Why Europe no longer matters,” Washington Post, by Richard N. Haass “The online looking-glass,” The New York Times, by Ross Douthat [on Weiner] “Barack Obama: unity president or great divider?” Fortune, by Nina Easton “Death of the duopoly,” Wall Street Journal, by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch “Why not Keynes?” The American Conservative, by James […]