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The uncivil war in Wall Street: an amusing juxtaposition
For those of you who don’t get the New York Times in hard copy, or who don’t read it because you read another major newspaper… Today’s op-ed pages offer a really kind of funny sort of debate between Paul Krugman, … Continue reading
Posted in political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged James Bennet, Paul Krugman, Steven Rattner, Wall Street
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Hi, my progressive friends and relations. Some advice
I spend a lot of time with readers’ comments both in the Daily News and the New York Times. From this — as well as from opinion pieces — I’ve picked up the mood and thinking of both progressives and, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged campaign financing, capitalism, closed primaries, Daily Kos Elections, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists, Electoral College, Jeff Merkley, liberals, Medicare for all, neo-liberals, political corruption, progressives, real politik, regressives, superdelegates, Twitter, Wall Street
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How to occupy Wall Street
Before June 20, 1986, a woman could not be a Ms. in the pages of The Times. “The top editor had persuaded the publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, that the usage was a passing fad,” a groundbreaking Times editor, Betsy Wade, … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate shareholders, How to occupy Wall Street, Wall Street
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