tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109145732009-03-23T21:26:08.408-04:00An Editor's notebookSherrie Gossetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15298741211730221627noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10914573.post-87994777224091430082009-03-09T18:13:00.004-04:002009-03-09T18:29:58.942-04:00

This item, listed on the Drudge Report, TIMES sells, leases back part of building... , brings to mind the controversy over how eminent domain was used to obtain the site.If you missed the old story, here's a recap from Wikipedia:"The site for the building was obtained by the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) through eminent domain. With a mandate to acquire and redevelop blighted

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My substantial work load only allows me a bit of time to post a few timely quotations here. I say timely, in view of the burgeoning "me-too" hordes seeking bailouts, including the porn industry; and the absurd and disingenuous Obama campaign trail meme of America having an "empathy deficit" (as expressed partly in the fact that CEO's make much more money that the average wage-earner):I'm talking

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Jan. 20:During Barack Obama's inaugural address, his soaring oratory causes a woman to faint into the person behind her, leading to the other 4 million people on the Mall going down like dominos.--The Washington Post.

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Good column by George Will.

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According to the U.S. government, total charitable contributions in the United States amounted to over $240 billion in 2005. That didn't include volunteer work. which was estimated to include 44 percent of Americans producing a dollar value of $240 billion.But apparently it's not "enough."President-Elect Barack Obama's has asserted that America suffers from an "empathy deficit." This, in part

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I wasn't surprised by this story, "Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring", since years ago I had been contacted on a similar topic by mischievous short-seller and art dealer Timothy J. Miles. (Miles was later outed publicly in Forbes and elsewhere as the real identity of "Nick Tracy", proprietor of the defunct Our-Street.com).Miles, who relayed that he was once an advisor to Florida

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Photos from the $Moneytown$ party @ Dahlak on U Street. $Moneytown$ features DJs who play 'old school' funk and soul, including rare finds and unreleased vinyl.Dahlak is an Eritrean restaurant with an entrepreneurial outlook -at night they remove most of the tables and convert themselves into a small nightclub, promoting interesting and original music. I'm glad to see they're attracting an

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Click here to get some clues."During a forum hosted by National Journal at this summer's Democratic National Convention, Rep. Rahm Emanuel listed a series of legislative changes that he said would be easiest to pass if Barack Obama became president. As Obama's new chief of staff, Emanuel's laundry list of priorities might offer some insight into how the first 100 days of the new administration

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Hero worship is an easier path than truth. So says Marc Fisher in this interesting column. I don't agree with every point of Fisher's, but the gist of his article is an important observation.Excerpt: "Lonesome Rhodes is a great American character, a work of fiction, from the movie voters most need to see in these last hours before we elect a president.'A Face in the Crowd,' a 1957 masterpiece

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From a colleague:"My law school course in Equity was taught by an 80-year-old professor emeritus who graduated from the Naval Academy and he knew my name. Once when discussing an environmental case in which the judge was struggling to find a solution he asked, rhetorically, 'Where is a remedy if not in the courts?' I raised my hand. 'Well, sir, if there is no remedy in the courts, the remedy is

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I've been very busy -and absent from these pages. Here's the latest cover of TNI -on the credit crisis.About our website: We've got a new one in the works, and currently the magazine section of our publisher (The Atlas Society) is unfortunately not functioning. So, to read this cover story -please go here. I've switched duties from managing editor to acting executive editor. The next issue is

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More band stuff...this was from our Scarlet Letter band newsletter,which, thanks to singer Gricel Julie Simon, was a total riot. The caption abovethis image read, "The face of rock -scary, isn't it?"

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Scarlet Letter band. I'm second from left.

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Yeah, that is me on the left. (First gig out of college) Who knew you could dothis with a degree!

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Reuters goofs here when they report that Mexican kidnapping victims who have been implanted with a chip can be tracked via satellite. This is a common error made in news reports on the RFID chips -that they can be tracked via GPS. In fact, later in the story the article says the "Xega" chips are similar to Verichips, while the Xega website displays actual Verichips . Verichips can only be read

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As the government socks taxpayers with bearing the consequences of the reckless behavior of more financial entities, the Wall St. Journal asks, "Why no outrage?" Indeed, why?"America's 21st-century financial victims make no protest against the Federal Reserve's policy of showering dollars on the people who would seem to need them least."In his book 1936 book, Under the Axe of Fascism, historian

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A good summary, via my colleague Gene Holloway."The collection of ne'er do wells, clueless dolts, political hacks, and oh,let's just be blunt and call them what they are -- total Idiots -- expands into an ever larger circle.While the Republic burns due to the unsavory combination of incompetence, ideological rigidity, and crony capitalism, the fools and assclowns seem ever more determined to

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Settling back in...took this today. (Can you spot the cat?)

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Chloe the Cat, aka Scourge of the Shrews, is happy to see me, but suffering from temporary separation anxiety (she starts squeaking and meowing every time I disappear around a corner...) (The shrews aren't so happy she's back outside again.)

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Home, sweet, home. Driving up my driveway in Virginia.

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While I was @ Powell's I chilled out a few times in the coffee shop -where you can take your books and browse while having a snack. I love this place!

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I got into Portland before noon. My flight out was @10:30 pm... and I spent the entire day @ Powell's Books -a wonderful bookstore that is 4 stories high and takes up a whole city block. Used and out-of-print books sit side-by-side next to new titles. I love it.I had most of what I bought shipped back to me -and took four books on the plane.

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