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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
On the first point, I disagree. Robert Reich wrote one of the most concise and spot-on analyses of our economic malaise I have ever seen in maybe 300 words in the Times or the Journal (can't recall which) a few weeks back. Nailed it, like Plated used to nail shit.
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There is some good stuff, but it's rare. It's a very hard format to be good in.
Which gives me a slender pretext for posting something funny from Krugman's blog:
- I’m almost never censored at the Times. However, I was told that I couldn’t use the lede I originally wrote for my column following the 2007 State of the Union address, in which Bush made ethanol the centerpiece of his energy strategy: “Before the State of the Union address, there had been hints and hopes that President Bush would offer a serious plan to reduce our dependence on imported oil. Instead, however, he took refuge in alcohol.”
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