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Alan Schram: Trouble in the Land of the Rising SunIn a global financial system, the collapse or even perceived weakness of a large economy such as Japan would be catastrophic. And Japan is not doing well. For a while now it has been coasting towards a crisis, flirting with its own financial ruin. One way to measure what the market thinks abou ... |
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Scott Campbell: Crowdsourced band release "I've got nothing" singleA band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single. 19-year-old Charlie McDonnell joined forces with three other teenage YouTube users to take part in a BBC Switch project named 'ChartJackers', in which they are attempting to break in to the UK chart in an unorth ... |
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Reese Schonfeld: "Informed Sources": What Really Happened When Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin Got Into Upstate New York PoliticsAs New York residents know, ever since Governor Spitzer got caught in the wrong hotel room, Albany has been in turmoil. The latest tempest involved the 23rd Congressional district where, to the astonishment of the political establishment, the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because ... |
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Against Climate McCarthyismMichael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus have had enough of efforts to stifle debate over climate change policy, particularly by those who solicit quotes to “trash” those who don’t toe the party line. Roger Pielke, Jr. would add those who selectively edit their comment threa... |
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No digital billboards in DurhamNot everyplace needs to look like Times Square. Let New York be New York and Durham be Durham. This is it. The billboard industry has submitted their proposal requesting to change Durham’s current billboard ordinance. Most significantly, the proposal would allow up to 25% of existing billbo... |
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Survey of American Jewish Language and IdentityHere are the results of a very interesting study, which I participated in (along with 30,000 other people). FWIW, I usually pronounce the o in “orange” like “a” in farce, though the longer I’ve lived outside New York, the less consistent I’ve become; call the p... |

