Category Archives: Government

The ultra-perfect comment on us, now

Today, Mara Gay had a column in the New York Times about the inexplicable cave-in of major white-shoe law firms, but praising a cadre of current and ex-employees whose training and desire were to represent poor clients pro bono, and … Continue reading

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An insider spills the beans on the state of the NYC subway system

Hi. I’m the insider referred to above. I ride the subways and buses frequently. Indeed, they are my mode of transport. I don’t employ road vehicles. Never with Uber and only rarely with yellow cabs. Sure, this is anecdotal. So … Continue reading

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And the answer is…”billionaire brain”

Paul Krugman gives us this taut definition in his newsletter today, in which he says we don’t have to make a decision as to whether Trump and Musk’s destruction is incompetent or evil. They are not mutually exclusive. As he … Continue reading

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