Archive | November 4, 2011

Terry Pratchett and the 99%: A reply to Gavin Chait

by on November 4, 2011 in Arts & Literature, Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender, Scrogues Converse

When we were putting S&R together in 2007 I hunted down Gavin Chait and begged him to join us. He’s one of the smartest guys I know, a relentless, good faith thinker and someone you can count on to hit you with a perspective you hadn’t thought about. He wrote our very first post and […]

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President Everything To Nearly Everybody ­– the hero with 1000 faces

by on November 4, 2011 in Politics, Law & Government

by Robert S. Becker Scene: The Oval Office Time:  Daily briefing with senior staff Speaker: The President, perplexed, pacing, nodding Let’s talk politics today and re-election, no holds barred.  I arrive here every morning bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, flush with my perpetual audacity of hope, but lately my dander is up.  Maybe no one could preside […]

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Journalism: FAIL

by on November 4, 2011 in Journalism

OK, what’s wrong with the following paragraph (from this story): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will take steps to remove 20 rodent control products from the marketplace because they contain toxic chemicals. Last I checked, the entire point of rat poison was that you were trying to kill rats with “toxic chemicals.” Reading […]

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