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Archive for September 28th, 2008

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

I got this energy beneath my feet like something underground’s gonna come up and carry me

By Thoreau
1) The latest grant is due tomorrow. I wrote a draft Wednesday night/Thursday morning at 1am, circulated it for signatures on the cover page, and put it aside to work on teaching. Now I’m looking at it again and DAMN WHAT I WROTE AT 1AM ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE!!!!!
Either that or I’m [...]

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Why play anything safe ever?

By Thoreau
The logic of the bailout appears to be that if you recklessly loan too much money to people who probably can’t pay it back, you’ll be taken care of. Of course, if you happen to profit, you’ll get to keep those profits, but if you lose out, you’ll be taken care of.
If you [...]

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

An editorial that should have run in 2003

By Thoreau
The editors of the Economist say the following early on in their editorial about the Paulson Manifesto*:
Spending a sum of money that could buy you a war in Iraq should not come easily;
Indeed! Why, I do believe I said something similar recently…
Of course, they go on to argue that the solution to this [...]