Month: September 2005

A Fish Rots From the Top

Now that the New York Times has locked its Op-Ed page behind a subscription, we cannot easily link to their opinions. It’s a shame because Frank Rich has been on a tear lately: Even as it fills its ranks with Abramoff...

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Greenspan: "US Has Lost Control of Deficit"

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told France’s Finance Minister Thierry Breton the United States has “lost control” of its budget deficit, the French minister said on Saturday. “‘We have...

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Renovating Academia, Part V

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn’t use, I would hire a professor and get...

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