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Mar.12.2012 LIMBAUGH, HEDGE FUNDS, SEX, AND TAXES The second-best argument in favor of moving back toward Eisenhower era tax rates on the rich (they used to top off at 91 percent) is CitiGroup alumnus Sean Fahey, co-founder of one of those secretive hedge funds where the super-rich stash their cash. In 2010 Fahey and his wife Robin,...	Jan.30.2011 High Dudgeon: The Right Wing is Offended High Dudgeon: The Right Wing is Offended The right wing is in high dudgeon: they have been accused of inciting violence through political attacks and virulent talk radio invective. What? Right wing radio filled with ugly and irresponsible invective? Right wing radio...
Jan.15.2011 Rhetoric and Reason A man in UK, Mark Papazian, sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing his lover, was also an avid fan of crime novels by PD James and Patricia Highsmith. What are the implications for these authors and Papazian’s action? None to anyone with a scrap of intelligence. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi...	Jan.13.2011 Franzen’s FREEDOM FREEDOM has been criticized as misanthropic; that it dodges personal responsibility by blaming family; that the characters are average people doing unexciting things. These views strike me as short-sighted and missing entirely a prime objective of good literature-the examination of society. In the...
Jan.15.2010 A Worthy Cause "Haiti's Desperate Time Of Need." I’m making several points in this blog as you will no doubt notice. It’s all about money and what is being done recklessly or foolishly. And where it could be used wisely for the good of many, many individuals who are desperate at this time in their lives. Also what certain individuals have...	Nov.27.2009 The Radical Rule of Thumb Recently, I experienced the movie, "The Baader Meinhof Complex." It's a difficult movie to experience - a German language film, subtitled casually (meaning the German isn't always translated precisely) in English, with Bourne-style. thumping music and sharp, quick cinematic cuts, clearly...
Sep.29.2009 Why Glenn Beck and I (and even Deepak Chopra) agree - we're doomed Why Glenn Beck and I (and even Deepak Chopra) agree – We’re doomed. The following comprises an imaginary conversation between two of today’s most influential thinkers (with an interjection here and there by a renowned spiritual philosopher): RB: “We’re doomed.” GB: “You can say that again...	Aug.17.2009 Cry My Diluted Swastika As the rhetoric heats over healthcare reform, the swastika has taken center stage. The problem is that no one knows whether the once dreaded symbol is being used to identify the target or the perpetrator. And therein lies the danger. We live in toxic times. The increasing displays of vitriolic...