Archive for July, 2009

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July 31st, 2009

Birtherism in the white South

by Mark Kleiman
Category: Race & related -isms

Is Dixie ready for self-government?

Posted: Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
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July 30th, 2009

Is AIG a Ponzi scheme?

by Mark Kleiman
Category: Financial crises

Maybe. The “assets” of many AIG companies consist heavily in the untradable stock of other AIG companies, and they’ve sold huge amounts of reinsurance to one another as well.

Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
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July 30th, 2009

“Like a banana-eating jungle monkey”

by Mark Kleiman
Category: Crime Control, Race & related -isms

A Boston cop on Henry Louis Gates. But don’t worry: he didn’t mean it “in a racist way.”
Good news: his fellow cops turned him in.
But can we now have a little less shocked surprise that Gates suspected racial animus behind the way he was treated by a cop in neighboring Cambridge?

Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
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July 30th, 2009

Thoughts on Tisha B’Av

by Jonathan Zasloff
Category: Israel, Middle East Politics, Spirituality and Religion

Tisha B’Av — a commemoration of ancient Israel’s destruction and a warning of its future collapse.

Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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July 29th, 2009

Kidneys and crime (and rabbis)

by Mark Kleiman
Category: Crime Control

Postrel and Kleiman, together again.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
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July 29th, 2009

William Shatner, 21st Century Buddha

by Jonathan Zasloff
Category: Popular Culture

Shatner is more popular than ever because he no longer takes himself so seriously.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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July 29th, 2009

Blue Dogs Sell Out the Middle Class

by Jonathan Zasloff
Category: Health Care, Watching Conservatives

The House Blue Dogs decide to protect corporate hospital chains and wealthy doctors, but sell out middle-class families.

Posted: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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July 28th, 2009

Schwarzenegger Plays Sadist

by Jonathan Zasloff
Category: California Politics, Politics and Leadership, Watching Conservatives

Schwarzenegger cuts programs for abused and neglected kids in order to protect Hummer drivers. Ladies and gentlemen: compassionate conservatism.

Posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
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July 27th, 2009

Why India matters

by Mark Kleiman
Category: International Affairs

It’s possible that India will rival, or even surpass, China in economic terms. We should reckon with that possibility, and try to foster it.

Posted: Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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July 27th, 2009

Why uninsured people tend to be healthy:
    healthy people tend to go uninsured

by Mark Kleiman
Category: Health Care

The answer is “adverse selection.”

Posted: Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
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