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Uh, Brad, This is How You Do It

…as Michael J. Fox’s character once mouthed Aaron Sorkin’s words said, “in the absence of genuine leadership, they’ll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone….They’re so thirsty for…

Patrick on OWS and Steve Jobs

…finished that statement with “I have guarded carefully against that possibility by using Microsoft products (damn him to hell).” The other half of the backlash was summed up by Michael

Speaking engagement

…on Monday Sept. 19. The class runs from 12:05-12:55 in Leigh Hall 510. I’ll be talking about Presimetrics, the book I co-authored with Michael Kanell. I’ve prepared a few slides…

Employment report….

…found Michael Konczal’s take at New Deal 2.0 useful. There was certainly a lot of reactions to the information. Payroll data came in this morning showing zero net new jobs….

Barack Obama = Lot

…moderate, but he’s more lucid that Ezra (or Greg Sargent) has been so far today. Of course, “more lucid than people employed by the Washington Post who are not Michael