February 2010
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Lost Hypernerds: Follow the Twitter Person Who’s... →
My top 5 artists this week. →
The Beatles (5)
Pixies (2)
Edwyn Collins (2)
Suede (2)
Magnetic Fields (1)
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That was fast
OK, I don’t mean this blog to turn political. I plan to find a new outlet for this sort of stuff and then I won’t interrupt the stream of skulls and creepiness and cat pictures you’ve come to expect. But for now I have to address a question my friend Vero de Rugy raises at NRO’s the Corner blog. She notes that Scott Brown broke with the GOP to support the new jobs bill and...
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Not all commission are created equal
Yesterday President Obama issued an executive order creating a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The idea that a commission independent of partisan politics can help solve intractable political problems draws much of its inspiration from the success of the various BRAC military base closing commissions. Unfortunately, some of the key ingredients that made BRAC successful are...
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My top 5 artists this week. →
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2)
Snow Patrol (2)
The Killers (2)
The Strokes (2)
Death Cab for Cutie (1)
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