If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas Friedman, who in his column today, \”Putin Blinked,\” crafted perhaps the most Friedman sentence ever: It pits a Chinese/Russian worldview that says we...
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New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas \”The Tank Engine\” Friedman, who in his column today \”Follow the Money,\” writes: We can deflate this guy tomorrow without firing a shot...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas \”The Tank Engine\” Friedman, who in his column today, \”Putin and the Laws of Gravity,\” writes: Putin has basically bet his country’s...
Continue reading...V&V Oversimplified Explanation Theater: What the hell is going on in Ukraine?
A new series, where we try to give a short, easy, way-oversimplified background and history to a story that could use at least a hint of explanation, but really needs like a massive book or several. So, what the hell is going on in Ukraine? There’s these protests, people are mad, it’s gotten violent, and at least 25 people have died just between yesterday and today. Let’s start at the beginning: Ukraine lies at the intersection of Russia’s and the European Union’s interests. It also lies at the intersection of the Russian world and the European world....
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