January 2009
22 posts
“Under Mr. Bush, punctuality was a virtue. Meetings started early — the former...”
– White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code - NYTimes.com
“The battle in Washington is not between liberals and conservatives; it is...”
– The South Vs. Obama - The Daily Beast
“…in modern recessions, unemployment keeps rising long after the NBER has...”
– How late is too late? - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
“The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words...”
– John Updike, a Lyrical Writer of the Ordinary, Is Dead at 76 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
“Economists worry that the economy could now be losing as many as 600,000 jobs a...”
– A Day of Layoffs, Across Industries and Continents - NYTimes.com
“Brain damage is a common and potentially severe consequence of long-term, heavy...”
– Brain Damage Caused by Alcohol Consumption
“Just because they come out at night and throw down four or five bodies in the...”
– Radio Spreads Taliban’s Terror in Pakistani Region - NYTimes.com
“Thanks to Republican economic policies, the U.S. economy is robust and job...”
– NRCC
“The best play so far has been to find the firm that’s assumed to be immune...”
– Concerns Over Aflac’s Balance Sheet
“President Bush acknowledged that before Obama was even sworn in today, he knew...”
– Aboard the Bush Plane - The Daily Beast
“The Arab world has lost $2.5 trillion in the past four months,” Mr Sabah...”
– BBC NEWS | Middle East | Crunch ‘cost Arabs $2.5 trillion’
“Large quantities of methane gas have been detected on Mars, Nasa scientists have...”
– BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New light on Mars methane mystery
“What a phantasmagorically strange conflict the Arab-Israeli war had become! Here...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas - NYTimes.com
“Congressional Republicans say Mr. Obama’s stimulus will cost too much, and that...”
– Editorial - Editorial Observer - Republicans’ Latest Talking Point - The New Deal Failed - NYTimes.com
“Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the...”
– Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches - Times Online
“…rising unemployment, winter storms and a dearth of compelling fashions...”
– December Sales Confirm What Retailers Knew - NYTimes.com
“In short, hitting Superman with a red lightsaber is like hitting a normal human...”
– Yahoo! Answers - Can a Jedi lightsaber cut through Superman?
“Russian President Dmitry Medvedev…signed a controversial law that...”
– Russia: New Russian law ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ - Los Angeles Times