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How and why I read the New Yorker
I’m always a few issues behind in my New Yorker reading, primarily because there’s so much in there. Theoretically, everything in the New Yorker could hook me. Brilliant long journalism can cause a reader to loose track of anything but … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crime & Punishment, Journalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Antonia Hitchens, biotech startups, Brave New World Dept, Ed Caesar, Emily Witt, encryption, human reproduction, phone encryption, Taco Bell, The New Yorker
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Is America exceptional? Well…
Half of you are yelling at me, “We’re not exceptional! Dying country, nothing good about us, oligarchs! democracy down the toilet, racism, Ron DeSantis, bank failures, MAGA, blah blah blah!!!” (I wrote “blah blah blah” not because I was running … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged 2008 financial crash, American exceptionalism, Ben Taub, Dan McCrum, Financial Times, Merrill Lynch, Paul Murphy, The New Yorker, Wirecard
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