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Ms Parker, Mc Cain, Party and Honor

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

Same labels, same old stuff

One Salient Oversight sends some thoughts from down under on recycling labels: Think of the common labels thrown out against political opponents these days. What sort of political thinking would…

The Shrinking of Treehorn

…distribution. “We determined the best actions based on the products.” Hold the mayo. A jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise that was 32 ounces is now 30. “The price of our ingredients…

Soc Sec XIX: Narratology of ‘Crisis’

…planning process. The notion that we need to take action NOW! is a simple fairy tale told by some clever story tellers. Put the numbers in actual context and the…

Limited tricks, monolines, municipal bonds…

…Mae and Freddie Mac) and not (private-label MBS) means it will have eventually sold or pledged half of its Treasurys, limiting how many more of these tricks it can pull…

Clouds

Having installed a cloud widget on the left sidebar, contributors and guest posters should label their contributions from now on so the widget can keep the references updated. Past posts…

Eyes on Trade

…article by William Drake and Kalypso Nicolaidis shows how corporate lobbyists “got-r-done”: The very act of defining services transactions as ‘trade’ established normative presumptions that ‘free’ trade was the yardstick…

Meds and blogs

…is being a little hyperbolic about actual interpretations of diagnostic abilities at the moment. Like the research on ADHD, interpretation is still primitive and not predictive, much less confirming, but…

Old meaning, new boost for Feb. 14

…weeks instead of one. They suspect the Viagra works through its effects on nitric oxide, which is also how the drug treats erectile dysfunction. Actually, off-label uses can be productive….