Some ruminations on status and income inequalities here.

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From ABC News: Asked by Tapper how Obama could be so sure that certain controversial domestic anti-terrorism policies instituted by the Bush administration were not instrumental to the protection of U.S. citizens, Obama said that he did not necessarily oppose all the efforts, but “it is my firm belief that we can track terrorists, we […]

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My first contribution to the Clay Shirky book club over at TPM Cafe is now up. Update: Aaand a follow-up.

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The Surge at Velvet Lounge

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Our highest national aspiration should be “America: Hey, it’s better than Somalia.”

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I was once, hard as this may be to believe, a much bigger geek.  Oh, sure, I can still kludge a little code, fake my way through cocktails at CFP, even chuckle at nine out of 10 xkcd jokes. But, say, 16 years ago, on a night like this, I’d be sitting at my desk […]

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I’ll be participating in this week’s TPM Book Club discussion of Clay Shirky’s excellent new book Here Comes Everybody. Check it out; there should be an intro essay from Shirky sometime today, and I’ll post links periodically as I chime in.

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So Addictive!

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So, a little late to the ball here, but I only just came across reports of indignation over a leftish German paper’s decision to illustrate Barack Obama’s clinching the Democratic nomination with a big front-page photo of the White House headlined: “Uncle Barack’s Cabin?”  The tasteless headline itself I’m basically willing to believe was not […]

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This may be the most insane thing I’ve heard this week. Apparently, U.S. courts sentenced a man to eight years in prison for importing undersized lobsters, in violation of Honduran law. The kicker: The attorney general of Honduras wrote the courts in the wake of the convictions to make clear that the supposed law in […]

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