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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/destructive-creativity-2/
"The lesson we should have taken from this crisis was that plain ordinary
macro is actually a very powerful, very useful tool, one that you
ignore at your peril."
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Magazine
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN | Apr 21, 2013
Forecasting fraud; a gumbo conundrum.
Ethics (Personal);
Vegetarianism;
Weather;
Ethicist, The (Times Column);
I agree.
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World
By RACHEL DONADIO and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | Apr 21, 2013
Conservationists warn the city is dangerously
exposed to the elements, and is poorly served by red tape, lack of
strategic planning and limited personnel of the site’s troubled
management.
Restoration and
Renovation; Historic
Buildings and Sites;
European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- );
Archaeology;
Just bad analysis.
There is nothing new about the exploitation of this ruin.
Archaeology is a read it once record. Doing the read destroys the record.
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Opinion
Apr 21, 2013
Readers discuss whether natural gas from shale is a promising resource or misguided risk.
Hydraulic Fracturing;
Natural Gas;
Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Environment;
Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;
We must not ignore "the elephant in the room".
Fossil fuel is fossil carbon.
Every bit of fossil carbon emitted matters to global warming.
The price of fossil methane is very low.
We do not need more now.
It can wait in the ground for a better price or, better, a place in the global carbon budget.
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Opinion
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Apr 21, 2013
We need to redouble our efforts to make our country stronger and healthier. A good place to start is with a carbon tax.
Carbon Dioxide;
Federal Taxes (US);
Federal Budget (US);
United States Economy;
Global Warming;
The wrong goal.
A carbon tax is a regressive revenue.
The Social Security system does not require adjustment down.
The Social Security system is an insurance system. Benefits depend on the cost of living. Payments paid for benefits for the then retired.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 20, 2013
The F.D.A. may have moved to help reduce some
forms of drug abuse of the painkiller, but the action may have hurt the
opportunity for generic competition.
Pain-Relieving Drugs;
OxyContin (Drug);
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals);
Recalls and Bans of Products;
Obama care will soon pay for prescription drugs.
I see no reason to make OxyContin more available.
Cheap narcotics are heroin.
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Opinion
By WILLIAM J. REESE | Apr 21, 2013
From the beginning, teachers were under examination as much as their students.
Tests and Examinations;
Cheating;
Education (K-12);
Teachers and School Employees;
It is really hard to race to the top when the top is undefined.
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Business Day
By ANN CARRNS | Apr 18, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has
recommended ways to sort out the various credentials used by financial
advisers who claim to have expertise in helping older people.
Consumer Protection;
Elderly;
Financial Planners;
Frauds and Swindling;
None of these.
If they need a special credential they are not the person you want.
You, I suspect, are not ready for fixed income. You are ready to pay as little in taxes as necessary.
I have a stockbroker / adviser. He works on commission and understands my situation.
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Business Day
By EDWARD WYATT | Apr 18, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission announced its first
mobile cramming case, accusing a company of taking advantage of
consumers by tacking unwarranted charges onto their phone bills.
Cellular Telephones;
Frauds and Swindling;
Wireless Communications;
Regulation and Deregulation
of Industry;
There are always a certain number of thieves.
We have dealt with them in the past by regulation.
The GOP opposes all regulation.
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Opinion
By A. J. JACOBS | Apr 21, 2013
Take away the dorm rooms, the classroom banter, the brown-nosing, the keg parties and the tuition, and is it still college?
Colleges and
Universities;
E-Learning; Computers
and the Internet;
Teachers and School Employees;
I had a thermodynamics professor who insisted that if we gave the text the same level of attention that we gave the sports pages the course would be trivial. I have never paid much attention to the sports. For most it would be very true.
This does not read like these courses should receive college credit.
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U.S.
By RON NIXON | Apr 19, 2013
Proponents of an immigration overhaul are
counting on representatives of farm-heavy districts, many of whom are
Republicans, to form a key bloc of support in the House.
Agriculture and Farming;
Foreign Workers;
Immigration and Emigration;
Law and Legislation;
I have doubts.
This article reads as hopeful as opposed to knowledgeable.
Someone had better ask the congressmen.
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Sunday Review
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Apr 21, 2013
Oral contraceptives are arguably safer than many over-the-counter medicines.
Birth Control and Family
Planning; Drugs
(Pharmaceuticals); Women
and Girls;
YES.
Let us have the pill as needed.
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Your Money
By JEFF SOMMER | Apr 21, 2013
A market consensus has emerged: After a long
price climb, the immediate prospects for many commodities have grown
appreciably bleaker.
Commodities;
Gold;
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;
Metals and Minerals;
Futures and Options Trading;
United States Economy;
International Trade and World Market;
I don't know and don't want to guess.
A great many clever people are trying to find a way to the future.
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Job Market
By LYNDON RIVE | Apr 21, 2013
The chief executive of SolarCity says the company
started on July 4, 2006, “to symbolize our commitment to becoming
independent of fossil fuels.”
Solar Energy;
Executives and Management
(Theory); Careers and
Professions;
I do not like the grid dependent solar power model.
We need cheaper easier storage.
The economics are looking better.
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Business Day
By CATHERINE RAMPELL | Apr 18, 2013
A majority of Americans believe that high-income
people do not pay enough in taxes, but that majority has been shrinking
over the last couple of decades, according to new data from Gallup.
Federal Taxes (US);
Income;
Polls and Public Opinion;
This is not a matter of opinion.
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U.S.
By ETHAN BRONNER, CHARLIE SAVAGE and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Apr 21, 2013
The issues include a debate over withholding the Miranda warning, the type of charge and the trial location.
Boston Marathon Bombings
(2013); Capital
Punishment; Civil Rights
and Liberties; Legal
Profession;
There appears to be no emergency.
Let the criminal law grind through its procedures.
There should be no grandstanding by the prosecution.
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Fashion & Style
By BROOKS BARNES | Apr 21, 2013
Larry Ruvo knows how to present a flashy Vegas gala, in this case to raise money for the brain research center he founded.
Philanthropy;
Brain;
Alzheimer's Disease;
They can play all they want as long as work gets done.
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Fashion & Style
By PHILIP GALANES | Apr 21, 2013
Saying hi to ‘friends’; being grilled by the
in-laws about money; the etiquette behind watching a wedding online; and
what to do with all of those framed photos from relatives.
Friendship;
Social Networking (Internet);
Customs, Etiquette and
Manners;
I would like to meet with you. Please say when and where.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
Apr 21, 2013
The Supreme Court should extend the right to
silence to questioning that happens before a suspect is arrested and
given Miranda warnings.
Self-Incrimination;
Fifth Amendment (US
Constitution);
Interrogations; False
Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments;
The prosecution has the full power of the state to gather evidence.
The right to remain silent should extend to this situation.
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Technology
By DAVID POGUE | Apr 18, 2013
The ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T from Samsung has the Microsoft Surface Pro’s speed, but comes up short in other ways.
Laptop Computers;
Windows (Operating System);
Tablet Computers;
This is a bad product still. The manufacturers will get it right though they have not done so as yet.
A sad review.
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U.S.
By TRIP GABRIEL | Apr 21, 2013
As a debate over major immigration reform begins
in Congress, some opponents are pointing to the Boston attack as cause
for concern about expanding visa programs and offering illegal
immigrants a path to citizenship.
Boston Marathon Bombings
(2013); Immigration and
Emigration; Visas;
United States Politics and
Government; Citizenship
and Naturalization;
Illegal Immigrants;
We must tell these fear mongers to exit the debate.
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Job Market
By LYNDON RIVE | Apr 21, 2013
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U.S.
By ETHAN BRONNER, CHARLIE SAVAGE and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Apr 21, 2013
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Fashion & Style
By BROOKS BARNES | Apr 21, 2013
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Fashion & Style
By PHILIP GALANES | Apr 21, 2013
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 21, 2013
yes
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U.S.
By TRIP GABRIEL | Apr 21, 2013
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Business Day
By NATHANIEL POPPER | Apr 19, 2013
Investments that were vulnerable in the last
financial crisis and believed to be gone for good have largely escaped
new rules that were made to prevent another crisis.
Banking and Financial
Institutions; Mortgages;
Mortgage-Backed
Securities; Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010);
United States Economy;
The faithful do not learn.
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Sunday Review
By DAVID LEONHARDT | Apr 21, 2013
We already know a great deal about how Latinos are faring with the challenge of assimilation: they are meeting it.
Immigration and
Emigration;
Hispanic-Americans; Law
and Legislation;
Research;
Yes.
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Business Day
By ROBERT J. SHILLER | Apr 21, 2013
American real estate manias are as old as the
nation itself, but until recently they were localized — and focused on
land, not homes.
Real Estate and Housing
(Residential);
Mortgages; Land Use
Policies; United States
Economy;
For people who want to sell it is always a good time for others to buy.
An essentially trivial article.
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Technology
By STEVE LOHR | Apr 21, 2013
In the emerging field of work-force science, companies are using data analysis to help find and nurture successful employees.
Hiring and Promotion;
Labor and Jobs;
Data-Mining and Database
Marketing; Computers and
the Internet;
The attempt is not to build but rather to mine better workers.
This is the same effort as "teacher evaluation".
The process is extractive.
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Job Market
By PHYLLIS KORKKI | Apr 21, 2013
If you’re a procrastinator, consider setting deadlines for yourself that have tough consequences if you miss them.
Psychology and
Psychologists; Workplace
Environment; Labor and
Jobs;
It works some, just not enough to do the impossible.
Think the Corregidor death march.
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Business Day
By CATHERINE RAMPELL | Apr 18, 2013
A majority of Americans believe that high-income
people do not pay enough in taxes, but that majority has been shrinking
over the last couple of decades, according to new data from Gallup.
Federal Taxes (US);
Income;
Polls and Public Opinion;
Taxes are not a matter for democracy.
Everyone thinks taxes are too high.
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Business Day
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Apr 21, 2013
A mutual fund manager is posing a challenge to the richly paid directors of Occidental Petroleum.
Shareholder Rights and
Activism; Boards of
Directors;
The story belongs in the middle pages of the WSJ.
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Health
By ASHLEY SOUTHALL | Apr 21, 2013
Specialists and video game developers are
piloting an approach to measure pain with motion sensor technology to
evaluate techniques to treat it.
Pain;
Computer and Video Games;
Software;
Physical Therapy;
Doctors;
Health Insurance and Managed Care;
It does not look like a big market.
I will study up the methods at need.
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Health
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN | Apr 19, 2013
This Mediterranean-style dish is delicious hot or cold.
Medicine and Health;
Recipes;
Diet and Nutrition;
Rice;
Beets;
I would not travel for it. I would eat it happily.
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Health
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN | Apr 18, 2013
This recipe showcases some unusual greens, but plain kale makes a fine substitute.
Medicine and Health;
Recipes;
Diet and Nutrition;
Kale (Vegetable);
Rice;
Something to eat.
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Magazine
By MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER | Apr 21, 2013
As antibiotic resistance spreads, scientists are looking to the past.
Antibiotics;
Medicine and Health;
Feedlots are a bad idea.
Bacteriophages show real promise.
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Real Estate
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO | Apr 21, 2013
With demand for larger and more opulent
apartments on the rise developers and marketers in New York are
designing ever more spectacular penthouses and town houses in new condo
developments.
Real Estate and Housing
(Residential); Real
Estate Brokers;
Advertising and Marketing;
I can do that. I have no enthusiasm for it.
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Opinion
By THE GREGORY BROTHERS | Apr 19, 2013
The Gregory Brothers’ musical mash-up features
Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and former Congressman Ron
Paul, who argue for the reform of United States drug laws.
Drug Abuse and Traffic;
Marijuana;
We know it is.
These politicians believe in authoritarian government.
They propose that the solution to the failure is more punishment.
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World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 18, 2013
Parliament on Wednesday voted 77 to 44 to
legalize same-sex marriage, making New Zealand the 13th nation in the
world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to allow gay couples to
marry.
Legislatures and
Parliaments; Same-Sex
Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships;
More rational than some.
The Supreme Court will be out with decisions.
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