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Week Starting 2008-10-05
- Politics: Sarah Palin Rodham Clinton Are conservatives too soft on Palin? What if she were Hilary-would we be so quick to forgive?
- Politics: Playing frisbee on a precipice America’s political class lacks the seriousness this moment demands.
- Politics: “When is a debate not a debate? When it’s televised, media-umpired, poll-monitored, spun to death and endlessly second-guessed.”
- Politics: NOW for Sarah Palin? Will NOW chief’s Palin endorsement and NOW’s angry reaction help or hurt Palin’s Conservative base?
- Misc: Birth of Freedom Snippet “Robert P. George explains why it is impossible for secularism to function as a neutral ground for debate” in this short of Acton Institute’s new video The Birth of Freedom.
- Economy: Perspective “Dimensional Vice President Weston Wellington offers perspective on the unpredictability of market movements, how the current market downturn compares to past bear markets, and the resilience markets have historically shown.”
- Politics: The positive side of negativity “In a world with flawed politicians, we need negative ads; otherwise, we won’t know candidates’ defects until it’s too late.” (HT Matt Lewis)
- Politics: It’s the moderator, stupid “As long as Republican candidates consent to this treatment, they will get what they deserve…”
- Politics: Bomber and Reformer “Calling Bill Ayers a school reformer is a bit like calling Joseph Stalin an agricultural reformer.’
- Politics: Misleading Ad “‘Health care reform. Two extremes. On one end, government-run health care, higher taxes. On the other, insurance companies, without rules, denying coverage.’”
- Politics: A failing narrative? “Can someone please explain to me the single word that describes the McCain campaign? Even if they came to one now, they’d be 19 months too late.”
- Politics: Why the debate was boring “We could basically assign a robot named JimGwenTom to spit out randomly generated questions from the Internet. And that would probably be more productive.”
- Politics: Liveblogging the debate Up to the minute commentary on Tuesday’s Presidential debate.
- Technology: Handing Over the Keys How Ford intends to teach teenagers to drive safely.
- Society: What is the Middle Class? “The Pew Research Center surveyed 2,413 adults earlier this year, including 1,276 who identified themselves as “middle class.”
- Misc: Reflections on the Value of Networking “Have you ever been in a store, at a party, or working at the coffeehouse when someone asks you what you do? The first sentence out of your mouth is the only opportunity you have to capture their interest.”
Week Starting 2008-10-12
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