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Teachers Protest, NYPD Officers Don Riot Helmets
This morning I attended an event at Washington Irving High School, in Manhattan’s Gramercy neighborhood, to protest the proposed closing of the school. Gregg Lundahl, the ... ...read more
Occupy Wall Street Brings Class Consciousness to America
Americans are taught not to think about class. Embedded in our cultural identity is the myth that no matter the station into which one was born, any person can rise to the grea... ...read moreAnti-war video blog
I participated in a video-blog campaign for Kenneth Cole recently. Here’s the finished product. ...read moreWall St., the London Riots, and the Age of Austerity
The wonderful WNYC program Radiolab recently aired a story on a man who can hear up to 4 different symphonies in his head at once. He could “play” them in his head ... ...read moreWhat You Need to Know About the Market Bounce
Monday saw the sixth-largest point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s history. Tuesday saw violent whipsaw action, with the DJIA ending almost 4% up after a lukew... ...read moreWhat You Need to Know About Today’s Market Crash
Markets are down in a big way today, continuing last week’s brutal slump. The Dow closed 634 points down. Attributing the sell-off to S&P downgrade is a mistake R... ...read more
GOP budget amendment makes GOP budget proposal unconstitutional
1) All forty-seven Senate Republicans signed-off on a balanced budget amendment last week that would render all but two of the last 30 years’ budgets unconstitutional, in... ...read moreMadman Jim DeMint ties budget amendment to raising debt ceiling
Jim DeMint has said he will filibuster any attempt to raise the debt ceiling unless the GOP balanced budget amendment is passed, implicitly invoking a theory of neo-Mutual Assur... ...read moreIndiana official apparently taking crowd control cues from Qaddafi
An Indiana deputy attorney general has resigned after writing on Twitter that riots cops in Wisconsin should use “live ammunition” on protesters. Hahahahaha, I hope... ...read moreTom Friedman can’t praise Egyptians without insulting Palestinians
Thomas Friedman has made millions of dollars by writing poorly constructed metaphors and urging war on the Middle East. It’s good work, if you can stomach it. Now, howev... ...read moreFollow Us
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