Jim:
> It's not worth my time to go stat-by-stat.
> But my impression is that at least for
> _changes_ in the unemployment rate, that
> rate fits popular experience. It's not so
> hot for the _level_.
Why is it that you are so obsessed with the US
Jim?
Is the US only country on earth that publi
I'm only obsessed with the US because the thread was talking about that country.
On 9/28/06, Sabri Oncu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim:
> It's not worth my time to go stat-by-stat.
> But my impression is that at least for
> _changes_ in the unemployment rate, that
> rate fits popular experience
Another comment on golf (a sport about which I know nothing. I was
once fired from a caddy-training program after about an hour).
One of the commentatorson US NPR (John Feinstein?) had some revealing
tid-bits talking about why the US lost the recent Ryder Cup contest to
Europe. The Europeans won
[... backward]
September 28, 2006/New York TIMES
Editorial
Rushing Off a Cliff
Here's what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a
profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm
election: The Bush administration uses Republicans' fear of losing
their majority
Is more necessarily good and less bad? Couldn't a moderate recession
be part of a healthy adjustment process? I ask this question because
it seems to me that the central tent pole of ideology is the supremacy
of more. Enough has no standing and reduction is considered a
humiliation. Once you accep
NY Times, September 28, 2006
Iva Toguri DAquino, Known as Tokyo Rose and Later Convicted of Treason,
Dies at 90
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Iva Toguri DAquino, the Japanese-American convicted of treason in 1949 for
broadcasting propaganda from Japan to United States servicemen in World War
II as t
What is teamwork in golf? Kicking your opponent's ball into the rough?
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 07:16:16AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
>
> One of the commentatorson US NPR (John Feinstein?) had some revealing
> tid-bits talking about why the US lost the recent Ryder Cup contest to
> Europe. The Euro
Sandwichman wrote:
Is more necessarily good and less bad? Couldn't a moderate recession
be part of a healthy adjustment process? I ask this question because
it seems to me that the central tent pole of ideology is the supremacy
of more. Enough has no standing and reduction is considered a
humilia
godnose. I know that it can be more of a teamwork sport than, say,
tennis. (Of course, tennis is another rich person's sport.)
On 9/28/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What is teamwork in golf? Kicking your opponent's ball into the rough?
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 07:16:16AM -070
On Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 07:51:07 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
>What is teamwork in golf? Kicking your opponent's ball into the rough?
Basically it boils down to camaraderie and routine strategies.
The strategies are pretty straightforward, and this aspect of the game
is certainly
September 28, 2006
Economic Scene/New York TIMES
The More We Make, the Better We Want
By ROBERT H. FRANK
Productivity growth has raised living standards in the United States
more than 40-fold since 1790. In his 1930 essay, "Economic
Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," John Maynard Keynes specu
China lets currency rise at a rapid pace [from
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/28/business/yuan.php]
By Keith Bradsher The New York Times
Published: September 28, 2006
HONG KONG China's government allowed the country's currency to rise
through 7.9 to the dollar for the first time on Thursday,
September 27, 2006
Economix/ New York TIMES
[this column seems to be the NYT's answer to Freakonomics.]
The Choice: A Longer Life or More Stuff
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The most authoritative report on the cost of health insurance came out
yesterday, and it's sure to cause some new outrage.
The avera
There is not a word in all this about the pervasive
role of advertising. Advertising can cause people to
feel that their existing needs can only be met by
zillions of different products so there is no end to
the creation of demand and hence the desire to expand
income and thus work longer or rob mo
It is good that Robert H. Frank raises this issue in the NYT. But as
in his other essays, the analysis is predictably shallow.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 28, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
September 28, 2006
Economic Scene/New York TIMES
The More We Make, the Better We Want
By ROBERT H. FRANK
It seems like the "relative needs" thing ought to be cut in two ways
- the "desire to exceed" and the "desire not to be left behind."
After all, we usually talk about "keeping up with the Jones's", not
"keeping ahead of the Jones's". On that basis the quality thing
becomes inextricable from the st
Carrol Cox writes:
>> > the ghastly American charge
>> > of players across the 17th green following Justin Leonard's miraculous
>> > putt."
>>
>> Anyone on this list have any idea of what _that_ was all about.
>>
>> Carrol
Golf - something I do know about. Justin Leonard made a miraculous putt o
Robert H. Frank wrote,
"To demand quality for its own sake is to be a discerning buyer. But
to flaunt one's superiority is to be a boor, a social moron."
Compare this to Dogberry's remark to Seacoal, cited by Marx in
Capital, "To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but
reading and wri
Just Foreign Policy News
September 28, 2006
Summary:
U.S.
A majority of Americans want the US to increase diplomatic efforts
over Iran's nuclear ambitions, while 70% oppose the use of U.S. troops
to thwart Iran, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released Thursday.
Meanwhile, the House of Represen
Here's more on the National Intelligence Estimate from Matt
Rothschild, editor of the PROGRESSIVE magazine:
The other aspect is especially noteworthy—and alarming—for
progressives. And that is the document's inclusion of
"anti-globalization" as a source of terrorism.
"Anti-U.S. and anti-globali
Walt --
I hope this helps, although I have not limited myself to the Cold War
era. There should be many additional sources, several come to mind.
Jules Archer's "The Plot to Sieze the White House," although mainly
about the story described in its title, contains a lot on the
experiences and views
Analysis: Kurd oil feud is Iraq's future
By BEN LANDO
UPI Energy Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The head of the
Kurdistan Regional Government has threatened to break
away from Iraq in a dispute over control of oil
resources, revealing deeper fragmentation between
provincial and federal
check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Thanks. That just seems boorish, not terribly evil -- regarding the
put, not your essay.
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 11:14:43AM -0700, David B. Shemano wrote:
>
> Golf - something I do know about. Justin Leonard made a miraculous putt on
> the 17th hole and the US players ran onto the green and c
think of all the diseases you could get from hugging strangers. ;-)
On 9/28/06, Dan Scanlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
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present: I am referring to ruthless criti
On 9/28/06, Dan Scanlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
A fellow sandwichman.
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