Copied wholesale from Ezra: At a New America event today, James Glassman (author of the hilariously wrong Dow 36,000) turned his characteristic insightfulness to inequality. “We’ve done all the redistributing we can do,” he helpfully informed the audience. The poorest 50% only pay 3% in federal income taxes! I was reminded of Glassman’s by Mike’s [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Women, Men, And Confidence
Alex posted a nice piece on the abilities and accomplishments of women last night, highlighting two underappreciated or “unknown” women of art and science. What an opportunity for me to highlight this great piece by Ezra Klein (crossposted at Tapped) on inequality, “women’s issues” and “the whole culture of socialization that breeds boys to spout [...]
The Doctor Is In
If you’re enjoying season two of the modern Doctor Who right now, and especially if you’ve seen any older Doctor Who serials, you might like to see this special Comic Relief Doctor Who parody from 1999, starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor: Part 1 Part 2
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