Month: January 2017

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Unlike Pete Thiel’s rather dumb but oft-cited “seriously but not literally” formula, Dara Lind’s contemporaneous explanation of why that argument is so bad and self-serving holds up extremely well: Thiel is using this “seriously, not literally” rhetoric to do something totally different, and a lot more willfully naive. He wants to replace the Donald Trump […]

Republican comedy

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On January 28, 2017

It’s obvious that allowing white supremacists to work the levers of power is bad for everyone except those who are in power. But the disconnect between what supremacy says is true and reality do

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Top Five

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On January 27, 2017
Top five breakup songs: Jackson Browne, Late For the Sky The Beatles, For No One Linda Ronstadt, Long Long Time Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust Neil Young, Give Me Strength (Note: Bob Dylan’s If You See Her, Say Hello has been bumped by the refusal of whoever holds the recording rights to let the original […]
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Defectors

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On January 27, 2017
I wish to dissent in part from my distinguished colleague, but only in part. The norm of offering a degree of deference to executive cabinet nominations is a good norm.  It helps to ensure that governmental agencies will function normally even during periods of mixed government. “Degree of deference” includes the option to fight hard against […]
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The State of the Unions

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On January 27, 2017
Predictably terrible! The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its annual report on union density. And who knows, maybe for the last time as the Trump administration continues its war on information. Anyway, the Center for Economic Policy and Research put together a report summarizing it. And union density continues to decline, sometimes by up […]
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