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How Budget Cuts Will Change the Black Middle Class - Room for Debate
What will the shrinking of the public sector mean for the economic prospects of African-Americans?The proposed cuts would be terminal for most of those prospects. -
Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History
Many-layered mapmaking, an emerging area of “spatial humanities,” is helping scholars recreate vanished landscapes and envision history as it really happened.Here dies one more way to tell the fake from the real. We know much about what could be seen. Drama is rather unnecessary.It does make better television. -
The Republican Wreckage
The latest actions by House Republicans push the nation to the brink of ruinous default."It’s hard not to conclude now that dysfunction is the Republicans’ goal — even if the cost is unthinkable." The Editors of The Times. -
Within the Black Middle Class: Severe Hardship, Dashed Hopes - Room for Debate
Blocked roads to social mobility, a continuing economic crisis and the belief among blacks that racism remains a major problem in the U.S. are a volatile combination.I do think this resulting racism is a minor fillip in the general collapse of wages.There is little special hatred of blacks in this deflationary effort. -
Help-Wanted Ads Exclude the Long-Term Jobless
Many employers consider or strongly prefer only people who are employed or recently laid off.More evidence that entry level is part of better times. -
Israeli and Palestinian Women Take a Rare Trip to the Beach
A group of Israeli women risked criminal prosecution by taking Palestinians from the West Bank to swim in the sea — most of whom had never seen the ocean before.Confirmation of the push toward genocide." One day in the future, people will ask, like they did of the Germans: ‘Did you know?’ And I will be able to say, ‘I knew. And I acted.’ ” -
A Revenge Plot So Intricate, the Prosecutors Were Pawns
Seemona Sumasar of Queens spent months in jail, accused of robberies that officials say an ex-boyfriend invented after she accused him of rape.Her accusers came clean to the cops. The prosecutors mooted the case. -
The Cult That Is Destroying America
Watching our system deal with the debt ceiling crisis — a wholly self-inflicted crisis, which may nonetheless have disastrous consequences — it’s increasingly obvious that what we’re looking at is the destructive influence of a cult that has reall...Shrill and deservedly so. -
Ray Walker, an American, Makes His Mark in Burgundy
With no experience and little money, Ray Walker went to France to make great wine out of the best grape."Hit em where they aint."He went in hopes of making a good wine. He discovered a surplus of great grapes. The result was a great wine in a time when commerce dictated that there was no market for anything but good wines.There is always a market for a great product. -
How the Deficit Got This Big
A look at how the economy went from healthy surpluses at the end of the Clinton era to the current deficit.The shrub spent everything he could.
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Recession Study Finds Hispanics Hit the Hardest
They are hit hard.The statistical picture is too primitive to justify this headline.This looks like the blacks are having a harder time and started from a lower level.The New York Times
The change draws a smaller number.
This Is Considered Punishment?
Wells Fargo gets a wrist slap from the Federal Reserve, and the federal government still won’t prosecute financial wrongdoers.The Government needs to sell bonds. Why would they wipe out all the buyers?-
Boehner Plan Faces G.O.P. Resistance and Veto Threat
House Republican leaders made frenzied pleas to their members to approve a plan to temporarily raise the debt ceiling, but passage seemed in growing doubt.Our Nation will default if the president does not invoke the 14th amendment. -
Fox to Limit Next-Day Streaming on Hulu to Paying Cable Customers
ABC is considering a similar move, suggesting that the online television ecosystem may be changing.Rupert loves the pay wall. I do not. If it happens I will look for a hack. -
For Suspected Hackers, a Sense of Social Protest
Some of the people suspected of hacking PayPal said they had participated in an online protest.Was this action moral or immoral? My thought is that a bank cannot refuse legitimate instructions. To do so should subject them civil and criminal penalties. These would not include vigilantism. Scold these children and prosecute PayPal. -
Breivik and His Enablers
Anti-immigrant Islamophobia is an ideology rampant on both sides of the Atlantic.Yes. So? We prosecute acts, not thought or words.Witch hunting is easy and popular. -
Billionaires’ Rise Aids India, and Vice Versa
India’s new billionaires attest to the private sector’s growth in areas once controlled by the state such as telecommunications, ports, airports, banks and infrastructure.Robber Barons is the proper name.This is not a good development though I do not know what a good development would be. -
Norway Gunman Used Drugs, Thought He Was ‘Warrior,’ His Lawyer Says
A lawyer acting for Anders Behring Breivik said Tuesday that his client is “in a bubble” and may be insane.I am very glad it is their problem this time.The numbers are coming down. Probably they are stable now.Think of this as a school shooting. -
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After Quake and Tsunami, Japanese Citizens Flock to Social Networks for Information
“After Quake and Tsunami, Japanese Citizens Flock to Social Networks for Information - http://nyti.ms/hYrySS”This is an important part. There is much that is not social and can't be handled with a message.Thank You. I get nervous.
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China Rail Crash Raises Questions on High-Speed Safety
The inconsistent accounts of how last week’s accident happened add to a public skepticism about the government’s administration of railroads.
This story is very badly reported.The accident reads like signal failure.With 1500 passengers at risk 39 fatalities seems like a very low number.I expect we will get a through report in a week or so.China will probably classify the official accident report.
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