Tag Archives: The New Yorker

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

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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

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More about the Wirecard scandal…

I should have pointed out that Dan McCrum, the British Financial Times journalist who uncovered the scandal, has a book out about it: Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth. If the New … Continue reading

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