New York Times: Health Plan Opponents Make Voices Heard.
This is one thing that the new (meaning post-1994) generation of conservatives have excelled at; compensating for numbers with virulence. I’m nont saying that progressives should strive for such shrillness, but we should at least be emphatic.
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I’m really annoyed at myself for not having covered this more in the past several weeks.
Here’s an astute argument from Uwe Reinhardt:
A ‘Common Sense’ American Health Reform Plan.
And here’s an unabashedly emotional appeal from Jeff Danziger:
National Health Post. Read More »
Almost to the end.
I’m allowing myself a closing argument.
Flint has been in decline since before I was born, and very soon almost the entirety of its residents will only remember the city’s downfall. In the last fifty years, the population has halved, and Flint has gone from an expansionist vision of a future that saw it eclipsing competing cities to the possibility of demolishing whole neighborhoods that have emptied out.
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I have no idea why this space is configured this way; it’s located flush to the east side of the fourth floor of the main building, and a ladder adjacent to the entry runs up to the roof. The floorboards on the paths running around this space are rickety and not to be trusted.
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So I thought that I could get through this sucker in two posts, but that ain’t gonna happen. I’ll go for three posts and a short epilogue. Continuing on:
It’s the Liberty Bell!
To the balcony…
A better view of the theater.
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I have a lot of stories to tell from the last couple months… things got away from me during the job search. It’s not like I expect everyone to want to pore over my life story. This blog is basically a record of my experiences.
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My brother sent me a link to this Kunstlercast. Podcast #64 is about the initiative to shrink Flint city limits, and Jim Kunstler spoke against in general terms against mandated shrinking. He said that he wasn’t familiar with the specifics of the situation in Flint, but his overall position seemed to be that city should rely on incentives and zoning to shift population.
… Read the restEvent: In support of Soviet-style Central Planning. Read More »
Read my article on Chicago’s Wilson Yard development published by the Chi·Town Daily News at Target store on target for fall 2010, despite lawsuit.
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Flint Journal: Pontiac not for sale, GM says, despite local dealership’s offer to buy.
I would be interested, next time I wanted to buy a car.
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Monologue, as captured via the New York Times Laugh Lines blog:
… Read the restHow about those Somali pirates? So they bring one of the pirates to New York City so they can put him on trial. But he will also be doing some other stuff.
Event: David Letterman, the trenchant observer. Read More »