Sunday, July 31, 2011

Apologies to Mr. Raz

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I've never been a big fan of NPR's Guy Raz but his handling of the coverage of the debt crisis was very good today, peaking with thi...

Overly-trusting Straussians

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There is a strong strain of Straussianism in the conservative movement. Of course, not all prominent conservative intellectuals believe that...

A view into the queue

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Still in the middle of a move but here are some of the posts I'm trying to find time for. Given the speed at which events are moving, I ...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

How to improve health care for the poor

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I really want to make sure that this post from Megan McArdle isn't overlooked in the discussion of the debt ceiling. There are not a lo...
Friday, July 29, 2011

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"

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A busy, busy end of July here on the West Coast, professionally, personally and socially. The movers come tomorrow. Perhaps I can get the OE...
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Words of Wisdom -- Weekend Edition

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Felix Salmon is unimpressed with Alan Greenspan and suggests a different perspectiv e: In fact, the opposite is true — ask anybody who has e...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Too busy to give this the write-up it deserves

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But NPR's morning edition has been doing a great series on failing schools. Having taught in the Mississippi Delta, this piece on rural ...

Restoring my faith in public radio

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Just when I was losing faith in the medium on this story, American Public Media's Marketplace had segments today digging into the impac...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A surprisingly blunt view of finance

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I really need to blog on a health policy post by Megan McArdle. But in the meantime, here is a surprisingly sane point of view on the debt ...

Why we're where we are

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When journalists are determined to find a way to assign equal blame to both sides in every crisis and foul-up, there can be no real accounta...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Virtuous Circles

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The ever interesting Felix Salmon has reasons for optimism about the future of Paywalls. In particular, he notes how the porous paywall of ...
Monday, July 25, 2011

When all of your studies are ecological

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Consider this example : By contrast, in England during the same period, the nobility and gentry didn’t conspire with the crown to exempt the...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Mr. Glass vs. the Patent Troll

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This American Life takes on Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures. What more do you need?
Saturday, July 23, 2011

A busy morning

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But I'm going to try to find time soon to say something about: This could be a mistake, argues Paul D. Spudis in “ The Case for Renewed ...

Different visions of Health Care

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One question that has been pretty persistently part of US public health efforts has been a fundamental disagreement about the role of govern...