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for September, 2008

To put it simply…

Justin Wolfers has a commentary on tonight’s Marketplace contains probably the best 3-minute summary of what got us into this mess in the first place and how the bailout plan failed to be passed by the House yesterday: /* To step back and for a more thorough investigation, listen to This American Life episode 355: [...]

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eCard anyone?

Margie and a were hanging out the other night when my mom poked her head around the corner and asked, “were do I go to send an eCard?” It was my uncle’s birthday and with all good intention my mom wanted to send along a quick congrats via email. It’s been like this for a [...]

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Been there, done that.

I just got back home to NY after a week away and the highlight of my drive was listening to an the hour-long piece of radio that was originally broadcast a couple days ago. The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs recently hosted a panel discussion with five former Secretaries of State for [...]

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This would be hilarious if it didn’t remind me of the truth.

Check out America the Gift Shop: http://www.americathegiftshop.com/

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Friedman on Fresh Air.

I wanted to take a second to comment on an episode of Fresh Air I heard last week in which Terry Gross interviewed Thomas Friedman about his new book and subsequently his views on environmentalism and the upcoming election. Tom Friedman is definitely one of my favorite writers because he emits a sense of wonder [...]

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All those years of piano lessons…

…and I could have just found my musical side on YouTube instead of in Ms. Mcrea’s hot-stuffy apartment with her parachete named Prince.

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Impressive.

I woke up this morning and couldn’t believe it was 10:00.  It looked all dark and bleak outside like the sun was just thinking about rising.  Here’s the reason:

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