Article: The White House’s war with Fox News : The New Yorker

The White House's war with Fox News : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/11/02/091102taco_talk_menand?printable=true

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NYTimes: Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll

From The New York Times:

Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of President Hamid Karzai and a
suspected player in the opium trade, has gotten payments from the
C.I.A. for eight years, American officials said.

http://s.nyt.com/u/WPR

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NYTimes: A Drop in the Wrong Bucket

From The New York Times:

ECONOMIC SCENE: A Drop in the Wrong Bucket

The president has proposed sending a $250 check to every Social
Security recipient, but some economists recoil.

http://s.nyt.com/u/WPd

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Article: WashingtonPost

One of the better editorials on the subject I've read in a while:

WashingtonPost
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NYTimes: The Magic of Michelle

Disclosure: I've had a crush on Michelle since forever. She IS the
coolest...

From The New York Times:

OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Magic of Michelle

This is America. We respect fearlessness, regardless of what we feel
about the person who embodies it. With Michelle Obama, we have it both
ways.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/opinion/24blow.html

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NYTimes: Everyman’s Financial Meltdown

From The New York Times:

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Everyman's Financial Meltdown

The stock market crash of 1929, which started 80 years ago this week,
possessed clear-cut villains, a riveting story line and plenty of
abuses for reformers to correct.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/opinion/23chernow.html

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Article: Capitalism and financial crashes : The New Yorker

Capitalism and financial crashes : The New Yorker
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Article: Economist.com

Economist.com
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Article: Economist.com

Economist.com
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NYTimes: Has Conceptual Art Jumped the Shark Tank?

From The New York Times:

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Has Conceptual Art Jumped the Shark Tank?

To see why works of conceptual art have an inherent investment risk,
we must look back at the whole history of art, including art's most
ancient prehistory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/opinion/16dutton.html

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Article: David Letterman and blackmail : The New Yorker

David Letterman and blackmail : The New Yorker
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There is a faith in loving fiercely
the one who is rightfully yours,
especially if you have
waited years and especially
if part of you never believed
you could deserve this
loved and beckoning hand
held out to you this way.

I am thinking of faith now
and the testaments of loneliness
and what we feel we are
worthy of in this world.

Years ago in the Hebrides
I remember an old man
who walked every morning
on the grey stones
to the shore of the baying seals,

who would press his hat
to his chest in the blustering
salt wind and say his prayer
to the turbulent Jesus
hidden in the water,

and I think of the story
of the storm and everyone
waking and seeing
the distant
yet familiar figure
far across the water
calling to them,

and how we are all
preparing for that
abrupt waking,
and that calling,
and that moment
we have to say yes,
except it will
not come so grandly,
so Biblically,
but more subtly
and intimately in the face
of the one you know
you have to love,

so that when we finally step out of the boat
toward them, we find
everything holds
us, and confirms
our courage, and if you wanted
to drown you could,
but you don't

because finally
after all the struggle
and all the years,
you don't want to any more,
you've simply had enough
of drowning
and you want to live and you
want to love and you will
walk across any territory
and any darkness,
however fluid and however
dangerous, to take the
one hand you know
belongs in yours.

NYTimes: Guinea Seethes as a Captain Rules at Gunpoint

From The New York Times:

Guinea Seethes as a Captain Rules at Gunpoint

Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara gave some people hope when he seized power
in December. But that optimism is now gone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/africa/03guinea.html

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