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24196 [lbo-talk] correction of the day -- rank: 1000

[from today's Philadelphia Daily News, via Romenesko. Never let it be said that the U.S. media don't care about the facts!] Paula Abdul shopped at New York's Henri Bendel store two Sundays ago, not last Sunday as was reported in yesterday's Byko!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 12:02:28 PDT 2003

24197 [lbo-talk] Times on Said -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >In essence, the obituary summarizes Mr. Said's work and political >positions, including the fact that he was considered controversial by >Israeli nationalists. Maybe I am missing something, but I do not see >what is so vile about that piece. Three paragraphs on the stone-throwing, another three on the "concocted" autobiography. the idiotic "even-handedness" of these two grafs: >Among the criticisms leveled against Dr. Said by Jews and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 11:51:53 PDT 2003

24198 [lbo-talk] Plimpton dies too -- rank: 1000

[What a week for the grim reaper. Said, Modigliani, and now this. A nice touch to have your death announced by Elaine.] Author George Plimpton Dies at Age 76 The Associated Press Friday, September 26, 2003; 11:15 AM NEW YORK - George Plimpton, the self-deprecating author of "Paper Lion" and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died. He was 76. Plimpton died Thursday night at his Manhattan apartment, his longtime friend, restauranteur Elaine Kaufman, sa ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 09:30:36 PDT 2003

24199 [lbo-talk] query: Lula -- rank: 1000

Devine, James wrote: >A friend says that Lula, president of Brazil, is illiterate. Is there >any truth at all here? I saw him speak twice in the last two days. He seemed to be reading from a prepared text, but who knows? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 09:28:29 PDT 2003

24200 [lbo-talk] Said: Chronicle obit -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - September 26, 2003 Edward Said Is Remembered for Influential Scholarship and Political Activism By SCOTT MCLEMEE Edward Said, whose advocacy of the Palestinian cause made him among the most prominent and controversial figures in American intellectual life, died early Wednesday evening, following a long struggle with leukemia. He was 67 years old. Mr. Said was a professor of English at Columbia University, where he joined the faculty in 1963. He was th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 08:07:40 PDT 2003

24201 [lbo-talk] Times on Said -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >What you'd expect. Can't wait for Chomsky's. > ><<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/obituaries/25CND-SAID.html?pagewanted=1>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/obituaries/25CND-SAID.html?pagewanted=1> Gosh, hope Chomsky's doesn't come too soon. It struck me reading that vile piece of crap this morning that people like Bernstein (and our comrade Brad) despise people like Said because he's a class traitor. Prominent intellectuals who, instead of joining the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 26 07:56:57 PDT 2003

24202 [lbo-talk] more on Iraqi opinion -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - September 25, 2003 Smiles and shrugs speak volumes about nature of attacks on American troops By Charles Clover, Mark Huband and Roula Khalaf The question of who is behind the near-daily attacks on US soldiers patrolling their region provokes a certain type of facial expression in Falluja - a picturesque town that is the new front line in America's war on terrorism. It is a mix between a wan, knowing smile, proud defiance, and a shrug. "They are Mujahideen (holy warriors). ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 13:09:29 PDT 2003

24203 [lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >Edward Said, Dead at 66 >A Mighty and Passionate Heart >by Alexander Cockburn What a fine obit. Yes. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 12:22:31 PDT 2003

24204 [lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >But at least before he died he got to see his dearest wish: the >destruction of the Oslo Peace Process. My god. If you're going to be nasty, especially about the recently dead, try to show some respect for the facts. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 12:16:16 PDT 2003

24205 [lbo-talk] Jeffrey Sachs: "Bush's Billions Will Only Prolong -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >Can somebody please explain to me why such demonstrably practically >disastrous economists as Sachs and Aslund still get invited to >symposia? Sachs sez he's not to blame for Russia because the government never took his advice. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 10:10:16 PDT 2003

24206 [lbo-talk] Enhanced archival power -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >The Archive-angel Jordan clearly put a lot of work into this and I for one >really appreciate it. So do I. And the hosting. Thanks Jordan! And when you visit those archives, be sure to click through on the ads, so Jordan & I can make the big money!!!!!! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 09:52:55 PDT 2003

24207 [lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday -- rank: 1000

I think I'll do a memorial to Said on the radio next week. I'd like to cover both his literary and political sides - any ideas for good guests to do this? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 25 09:31:25 PDT 2003

24208 [lbo-talk] Gallup poll in Baghdad -- rank: 1000

I asked Christian Parenti what he thought of the Gallup poll of Baghdadis. He certainly didn't dismiss it out of hand. He says he doesn't doubt that some Iraqis feel freer - SH's regime was brutal, and many are glad to see it gone. But people were also sad to see him go - and can't quite explain why. And people are hopeful that things will get better. And after years of savage repression, followed by war and occupation, people are not used to speaking freely. So it's a place full of contradictio ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 24 17:07:09 PDT 2003

24209 [lbo-talk] vote on econ nobelist -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >On second thought, maybe that makes him eminently qualified >> for the Nobel! >> >> Doug > >They've given the Nobel to folks (e.g. Amartya Sen) we (presumably) all >like, haven't they? Yeah. I was just being a wiseass. But the have been some hum-dingers: <http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/index.html> 2002 Daniel Kahneman, Vernon L. Smith 2001 George A. Akerlof, A. Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz 2000 James J. Heckman, Daniel L. M ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 24 16:43:43 PDT 2003

24210 [lbo-talk] vote on econ nobelist -- rank: 1000

Mongiovi Gary wrote: >Jensen too >is a distinguished scholar who has made a few seminal contributions Michael Jensen, theorist of the LBO? He was onto several things - the free cash flow problem was something that Monthly Review's been writing about for decades, and the agency problem is no small matter - but his prescriptions were disastrous. And he's a political ghoul. I love his 1989 list of "obstacles to economic progress": "striking Eastern Air Lines pilots, Pittston Co ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 24 16:19:32 PDT 2003