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7:00 PM, May 27, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Krauthammer: "What Obama did to Israel"

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with cohabitation.

Change you can believe in: Harvard magazine does favorable piece on ROTC.

Peter Suderman: "ObamaCare’s Disastrous New Long-Term Care Entitlement"

Megan McArdle: "Once Again, We Cannot Pay For Social Security By Ending the Bush Tax Cuts on High Earners"

Stupid controversy is stupid.

"Herman Cain: Federal Reserve Chairman, Tea Party Champion"

"Tyler Cowen, America's Hottest Economist"

A blogger has another view.

1:56 PM, Aug 4, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Recently the FT's Ed Luce spent some time with families in Minnesota and Virginia and concluded that we're pretty much done for. The American Dream, Luce says, has become "America's Fitful Reverie." His article is worth reading in full; in fact, it's the best summary of the decline argument that I've read.

Of course, whether or not Luce is right is another question entirely.

Some recommended reading.

9:55 AM, Jul 21, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

CNNMoney.com has an informative piece on the deflation threat today, featuring quotes from economists familiar to readers of various econ blogs. Why do many economists believe deflation is a bad thing? Because,

Recommended Reading: Ten Books That Shaped Your World (UPDATED)

What are yours?

3:14 PM, Mar 19, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

No matter how this weekend's vote turns out, we're going to need to take a break from health care reform. Like government spending, health care has crowded out the market for political discussion. Glance at the news, and you would have no way of knowing that other things are happening.

How do you say 'Quarter Pounder with Cheese' in Klingon?

10:58 AM, Mar 9, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

The Guardian's Jon Ronson profiles Paul Davies, the Arizona State Univerity scientist who chairs the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Post-Detection Task Force. SETI, the brainchild of Frank Drake and Carl Sagan, has been active for almost 50 years. So far, nothing.

The Fed chairman is likely to get a second term.

12:30 PM, Jan 27, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Senate majority leader Harry Reid expects to hold a vote to reappoint Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on January 28. Bernanke needs 60 votes for a second term. Late last week, Bernanke's nomination appeared in jeopardy. But a last-minute triage operation performed over the weekend by White House and Senate Democratic leaders, along with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, may have saved the appointment. Expect a nail-biter, with Republicans criticizing easy money and Democrats criticizing the Fed's opacity.

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‘On My Behalf’

Really?
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A film without pretension about warriors as heroes.
Birth of a Nation

With American evangelicals on the ground in South Sudan.
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Our Age of Anxiety

Romney’s challenge is to address the deep uneasiness in America and point the way to a comeback.
Big Wheels

The American and his/her car.
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