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- Reading List of the Day: Sustainability (April 2010)
- Reading List: Natural Gas Drilling Edition
- Review of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Allegheny Riverfront Park
- Readings for 16 March 2010
- Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
- Reading of the Day 14 March 2010
- Photo of the Day: Honey Bee Visiting a Red Clover Flower
- Readings of the Day 12 March 2010
- Economic Inequality Matters
- Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Politics Archive
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Economic Inequality Matters
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentAccording to the 1870 federal census, one percent of the people owned 72 percent of all the wealth in the great industrial city of Pittsburgh. What’s more, just half of... -
Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsOn March 15, 2008 Hillary Clinton walked in Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Throughout the latter half of March and most all of April she was waging an intense campaign... -
Photo of the Day: 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Trampled Obama Sign
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsOn March 15, 2008 I photographed the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Pittsburgh. This large annual parade in Pittsburgh is one of the largest in the country, and this year... -
Review of ECONned by Yves Smith
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsOutsourced to James Kwak of the excellent Baseline Scenario blog who writes that Yves Smith in ECONned : describes how trading in CDOs built out of mortgage-backed securities drove mortgage... -
Imagine a Progressive United States
Posted on November 13, 2008 | No CommentsWell, some jokesters did and created a fake New York Times website complete with articles. Headlines include such gems as: “National Health Insurance Act Passes” “Nation Sets Its Sites on...
