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15406 [lbo-talk] Summers out! -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2006 Harvard University announced that Lawrence H. Summers plans to resign as president at the end of this academic year, after a turbulent five years. He had faced renewed criticism from many arts and sciences faculty members. For more information, see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114054545222679220.html?mod=djemalert

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 21 11:17:12 PST 2006

15407 [lbo-talk] Dick is a killer -- rank: 1000

Chuck wrote: >Does WBAI have a Myspace account? Ha. Of course not. The audience is old, man. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 21 09:31:09 PST 2006

15408 [lbo-talk] USAS hiring -- rank: 1000

United Students Against Sweatshops USAS is Hiring National Coordinators! United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is currently hiring for THREE full-time national staff positions - Development Coordinator, Domestic Campaigns Coordinator, and International Campaigns Coordinator. Each position requires a two-year commitment, a dedication to social and economic justice, and a willingness to work independently. The position offers a competitive non-profit salary, health and dental benefits, and fle ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 21 09:01:01 PST 2006

15409 [lbo-talk] Lee's Garage -- rank: 1000

Michael Hoover wrote: >there was this 19th century bearded cat who wrote that middle and >intermediate strata obliterate lines of demarcation everywhere, >unfortunately, the manuscript was unfinished... > >and dig this, the same dude pointed to what looks suspiciously like >'managerial revolution', that separation of ownership and management >thing, heavy stuff man, really heavy... Too complicated. Repeat after me, there are just two classes, bourgeois and proletarian. Too m ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 21 08:30:57 PST 2006

15410 [lbo-talk] another dumbass right-wing publicist writes... -- rank: 1000

From: Colleen O'Boyle<coboyle at crc4pr.com> To: dhenwood at panix.com Subject: Bernanke co-author supports MoveOn.org, $2 gas tax Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:28:01 -0500 Hi Doug - In a disturbing New York Times column, the professor who co-authored a book with the new Federal Reserve chairman’s called for a $2 gas tax. Robert Frank, who wrote "Principles of Economics" with Bernanke, also contributed to the massively left wing MoveOn.org. Just as Bernanke was enjoying the limelight ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 21 08:27:15 PST 2006

15411 [lbo-talk] Dick is a killer -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>WFMU now gets half its income from web listeners > >You know the coolest thing about that stat is I bet that isn't true >that isn't true for any other station in the world. WBAI gets very little from the web. Dunno about the other Pacifica stations. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 20 15:01:14 PST 2006

15412 [lbo-talk] Dick is a killer -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >WFMU archives are made for you. Their full programs available all >the time anywhere. WFMU now gets half its income from web listeners, which I thought was kind of amazing when I first heard it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 20 14:10:03 PST 2006

15413 [lbo-talk] not everything is getting worse... -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Doug: > >> [a counter-example for those who think we're on the road to fascism] > > >BTW, who decides what's fascism? Umberto Eco? Chip Berlet? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 20 11:14:26 PST 2006

15414 [lbo-talk] Cheney to cop an ugliness plea? -- rank: 1000

[From Romenesko, apropos the article on how ugly kids are more likely to grow up to be criminals, posted here the other day...] >It was asked during the Peter Baker/Dan Balz session: > >Tallahassee, Fla.: The Post ><http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602039.html>reported >today that less attractive people were more likely to commit crime >-- is this being discussed as a possible defense for any prosecution >Dick Cheney may face reg ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 20 09:31:47 PST 2006

15415 [lbo-talk] not everything is getting worse... -- rank: 1000

[a counter-example for those who think we're on the road to fascism] New York Times - February 20, 2006 Joel Dorius, 87, Victim in Celebrated Anti-Gay Case, Dies By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Joel Dorius, one of three gay professors of literature caught in a pornography scandal and forced out by Smith College in 1960 only to be exonerated in a celebrated case of sexual McCarthyism, died on Tuesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 87. The cause was bone marrow cancer, said a friend, the Rev. Paul G. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 20 09:16:21 PST 2006

15416 [lbo-talk] FO Matthiessen -- rank: 1000

Tomorrow, Feb 19, would be the 104th birthday of pinko lit critter and early Monthly Review patron F.O. Matthiessen. Here's hoping MRZine celebrates appropriately! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 18 12:06:00 PST 2006

15417 [lbo-talk] A New Name for "Estate Tax"? -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >I'm not sure "most" covers it; there are a large number of people >whose small business is also the asset they die with. For many, >that ends the business (or worse: puts their heirs into debt after >paying the inheritance tax). "Many"? I thought empirical study of the issue - not, of course, that that matters in politics - has found almost no instances of that sort of thing. I'm sure Max Sawicky could fill us in, if he's listening. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 18 10:34:35 PST 2006

15418 [lbo-talk] would Marx or Orwell blog? -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Accurate, as far as it goes. Post something to their blog on blogging: <http://ftmagblog.blogspot.com>. Doug

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Date:	Sat Feb 18 10:10:06 PST 2006

15419 [lbo-talk] A New Name for "Estate Tax"? -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >The Paris Hilton Tax. But then there'd never have been her reality TV series! It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of Americans are happy to have her around for entertainment purposes. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 18 09:33:20 PST 2006

15420 [lbo-talk] would Marx or Orwell blog? -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - February 18, 2006 Talk to Trevor Butterworth and have your say at the blog set up to discuss this story: <http://ftmagblog.blogspot.com>. Time for the last post By Trevor Butterworth On a winter-cold morning last autumn, before the leaves could summon up the energy to burn and fall, the barbarians entered the gate. A group of feisty young writers, known only to millions of readers by their blog names - Gawker, Gizmodo, Wonkette and Defamer - were in a soigne studio in New ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 18 09:07:47 PST 2006