“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like […]
Nota Bene #92: Echoblowcation
A few things for you NB readers:
Adjunct faculty: an unsustainable disgrace
by Joseph Domino There is perhaps no topic in America where we talk out of two sides of our mouths more than Education. Education is in crisis at all levels, but at […]
Campaign finance hearing may have ramifications for corporate personhood
According to Fortune Magazine, the largest American company in 2009 was Exxon Mobil Its total revenues were $442.85 billion. Second was Wal-Mart, with total revenues of $405.61 billion. Rounding out the top […]
S&R interviews PCAP's Bill Becker, Part 4
On Monday we introduced you to Bill Becker and heard all about PCAP’s policy suggestions. Tuesday we focused on how the United States could wean itself off of carbon using a cap-and-auction […]
Celebrating the heroes, damning the cheats, and always loving the game
This Olympics, 2008, we mortals have been in the company of gods. Michael Phelps. Eight golds. Seven world records. Usain Bolt. Two golds. Two world records. No-one who watched Usain Bolt actually […]
Thank god for Wal*Mart
Wow. How bad are things in Cleveland, anyway? As the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart is used to being greeted by large numbers of applicants almost every time it opens a new […]
Money, speech, and corporate personhood
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard the latest challenge to the McCain-Feingold Act, the act that set stringent limits on the ability of unions and corporations to air ads that specifically mention a […]
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