January 2010
106 posts
“The larger lesson of the recent crisis is sobering. Modern, advanced democracies...”
– Samuelson, arguing that we need more, smaller economic downturns. (via newsweek) (via srdash)
“You know, I tried to talk about good roads and good schools and all these things...”
– George Wallace, expressing the essential truth of American (and global) politics (via aatombomb) (via srdash)
Help Haiti While You Can
srdash:
twism:
As it turns out, viewers at home weren’t doing nothing amidst the Haiti quake. In fact, MTV, George Clooney and Wyclef Jean managed to rake in more than $61 million from the telethon. In related news, Jennifer Aniston also gave $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health and AmeriCares for their recovery efforts in Haiti, woot! If you’re interested in playing a...
