January 2010
60 posts
Listen up, the president is not for turning |... →
Google news →
Guest Post: The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur →
Context is King: How Videos Are Found And Consumed... →
Why is KBR so afraid of letting Jamie Leigh Jones... →
"Multistakeholders" and Other Davos Orwellianisms →
WatchI’ve been very critical of Obama’s year one. But, he remains the single most compelling and promising voice in American politics. I think the health care bill is wrong and I think its failings are product of lackluster leadership. I think financial regulatory reform is, so far, stuck in neutral and toothless for similar reasons. It’s impossible, however, to watch these 90 minutes...
Honey, We Shrunk The Economy
skmahtani:
“Initially the Japanese goods were considered of inferior quality but soon it became clear that the quality had improved so much that they were superior to those of European and American make.”-- Mahathir Mohammad, the ex-PM of Malaysia. 1. The success of Japanese manufacturing is a triumph of Japanese industrial policy and American generosity. Japanese companies often received...
“President Obama is taking his job-creation message from the State of the Union...”
– Obama Promoting Rail Plan on Florida Visit - NYTimes.com
Smart.
“Most people won’t yet, but as long as Apple has its base that will buy and use...”
– The iPad Is Like Holding The Future. But Only Because I Graduated From iPhone School.
A spot-on take on the iPad - Just like the iPhone, I think it’s version 2 (when apps have matured, the price comes down, and certain connectivity/data issues have been solved - cloud iTunes…) that is...
Good for Goldman « The Baseline Scenario →
In (guarded) praise of Goldman’s recent compensation decisions…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Skeletons” Music Video →
Six strategies that could save Obama's ambitious... →
Can’t we all just forgot about the whole prostitution thing and make Spitzer president? This is all spot on.
The Problems With The Bank Tax - Forbes.com →
I think I’m pro-bank tax, but a good counter-argument.
Obama Liquidates Himself - Paul Krugman Blog -... →
“Ever since I started covering politics, the Democratic ruling class has been...”
– David Brooks - The Populist Addiction - NYTimes.com
It’s been a while since I’ve quoted the prescient David Brooks. I think he’s more the PhD type with a not-so-secret crush on MBA’s.
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Interview with Interfluidity’s Steve Waldman: “The... →
Bill Gates Hearts Academic Earth →
The legislative headaches of the Volcker Rule →
Rethinking The Chinese Population... →
Indisciplined Democrats vs regulatory reform →
Square Feet - A New Shake Shack Stirs Hopes on... →
Ross Douthat - Too Big to Reform - NYTimes.com →
The case against boldness…
The Harvard Lampoon | The Naked and the Well Read... →
steller:
When the order came to take Hill 19 the Sergeant ground his cigar stub into the fine white sand of Tojaida Island and bared his corn-yellow teeth. “Not that it’s ours to take,” he said, rubbing his thick, calloused hand over the stubble of his square jaw. “You mugs understand we have no property right in the hill, or any moral claim to the area it encompasses.” He shifted his packed,...
Why VCs Should Take Their Own Advice →
A Lifesaving Tool Turned Deadly
That (above) is the alarming print headline from today’s lengthy, six reporters-on-the-case, above-the-fold, NYT piece on radiation therapy for cancer patients. Beyond a tragic anecdote, the meat of the story is an examination of New York data on the errors in radiotherapy:
Because New York State is a leader in monitoring radiotherapy and collecting data about errors, The Times decided to...
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Why Everyone Is Wrong about Massachusetts
Does anybody actually believe the ridiculous CW that Obama went “too far, too fast”?
The problem with Obama isn’t that he’s trying to do too much, but that he’s actually doing so little.
I think we elected Obama because we thought he was bold, different, and, because his vast rhetorical talents suggested he was capable of spurring the kind of widespread change we...
“First, some good news for Democrats: the base is secure. Cambridge stayed true...”
– Walter Russell Mead’s response to ‘The message from Massachusetts, What now for the Democratic agenda?’ - The Arena | POLITICO.COM
“But these profits were not evidence of Mr. Market doing God’s work, greasing the...”
– David Stockman - Taxing Wall Street Down to Size - NYTimes.com
Reagan’s budget director in favor of the bank tax…
The problem with peer-to-peer lending →
The Silence of God →
Finding the Shipping Center of the World, in... →
“Third, it is time to put the thorny issue of culture at the center of efforts to...”
– David Brooks - The Underlying Tragedy - NYTimes.com
Paul Krugman - Bankers Without a Clue -... →
The Founder Factor →
The very real moral-hazard trade →
Is the Internet Finally Robbing the Greedy... →
The bank tax emerges →
The Founder Factor →
The Google news: China enters its Bush-Cheney era... →
James Fallows →
Bad News for Hillary Mann Leverett →
Op-Ed Columnist - A Serious Proposal - NYTimes.com →
Bob Herbert on getting serious about teacher performance evaluation…