Thursday, May 28, 2020

Economic Relief Programs Will Soon End, and Then Watch Out for the Coming Political Earthquake

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This is interesting, and it's almost exactly what I've been thinking since the lockdown started in March. Even before classes ende...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Randall Jacobs Obituary

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Althouse blogged it, " 'Uncle Bunky... spoke in a gravelly patois of wisecracks, mangled metaphors, and inspired profanity that ref...

Venice Beach Skatepark Reopens

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The skaters pulled together to clean out the sand, which the city had dumped there hoping to crush the independent spirit of the locals. Th...

Class Differences in Education

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At NYT, " College Made Them Feel Equal. The Virus Exposed How Unequal Their Lives Are ": This is a sobering piece that will gi...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Memorial Day Weekend at Lake of the Ozarks

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This is just wild. At NYT, " After Crowding at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Officials Urge Quarantine ": Officials in 2 stat...
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Monday, May 25, 2020

Old Trapper Beef Jerky

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I've been grubbin' this stuff like crazy lately. Yum! At Amazon, Old Trapper Beef Jerky 10oz, Naturally Smoked, Old Fashioned Orig...
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Jennifer Delacruz's Memorial Day Forecast

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It's lovely, mild weather for Memorial Day today, but Ms. Jennifer's still doing her forecasts from home, and a lot of would-be beac...
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Friday, May 22, 2020

Jose Saramago, Blindness

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At Amazon, Jose Saramago, Blindness . A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine...
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'I'm afraid a lot of these stores are going to go out of business. I see that Pier 1 died, but I couldn't understand how it could still be around after all these years. What was all that junk they were selling? Did anyone need anything they had on offer?'

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That's Althouse on the economy, " 'Retailers that have spent years trying to get customers to linger, in hopes they’ll buy more...
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Lee Smith, The Plot Against the President

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At Amazon, Lee Smith, The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal ...
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Heat Wave Coming

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Well good --- folks need to get out to the beach. At LAT: Heat wave to arrive in Southern California just in time for Memorial Day https:...
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'Empty L.A.'

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At LAT: This piece, about AJ Bleyer's empty Los Angeles video, makes me want to drive around the airport loop just to experience no air...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Day Coronavirus Nearly Broke the Financial Markets

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At WSJ, " The March 16 stock crash was part of a broader liquidity crisis that threatened the viability of America’s companies and muni...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Tara Westover, Educated

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At Amazon, Tara Westover, Educated: A Memoir .
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Benjamin J. Cohen, Currency Statecraft

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Following-up, " China and the Future of the Dollar ." From my former professor and mentor at UCSB, Dr. Benjamin J. Cohen,  Curre...

China and the Future of the Dollar

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From Henry Paulson, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, at Foreign Affairs, " The Future of the Dollar: U.S. Financial Power Depends...

Jessica Chastain

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We watched ""IT Chapter Two" last night. I love Jessica Chastain, and there's a to-die-for "wet t-shirt" scene ...

Nadia Rusu from Ukraine

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At Editorials Fashion Trends, " Nadia Rusu by Artem Stisovyak ."

Kayla Gratzer

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At Drunken Stepather, " KAYLA GRATZER OF THE DAY ."
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Will Leftists Be Able to Stop Reopening?

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At Issues & Insight, " Americans Are Re-Opening. Will Dems Be Able to Stop Them? ": America Is Reopening Itself: Will Poli...