How to Get $12 Billion of Gold to Venezuela
Felix Salmon ponders an interesting problem: how to move $12 billion in gold from England to Venezuela.
Last place aversion
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Figures.
Researchers have found that lower income individuals become more opposed to programs designed to help them if people they perceive as below them will also be helped. I…
A Modest Proposal, Cont.
On a less satirical note, a lot of my discontent with our narrative of gentrification doesn’t come from a lack of sympathy for the poor and working class of black America. On the contrary, it comes…
What would Don Draper do?
A flowchart from The Oatmeal on what Don Draper might do when confronted with a problem.
(thx, toni)
Tags: Mad MenJohn Adams: ‘It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished’
I almost linked to this page of quotes from founding father John Adams yesterday, but I’m glad I held off. This one seems more apt today:
It is more important that innocence be protected than it…
You Can't Go Home From Here: Why Strauss-Kahn's Fate Matters
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Guilty until proven innocent.
(photo credit: Steve Clemons, The Washington Note)
(This article is appearing simultaneously at TheAtlantic.com)
News is breaking that the…
Designer Roy Letterle, aka Iero, merged 2...
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Designer Roy Letterle, aka Iero, merged 2 chairs and 1 bed in the piece ‘Bed Blend’.
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The 'Tree of Life' "No Refunds" Sign
This “Warning: Terrence Malick Film!” sign, published by Next Projection (and, update! Apparently actually photographed by reporter Joe Meyers, which, should it really be that hard to…
A story from the near future
Shared by YPaul Ford is writing on Ftrain.com again and it’s just super. Today’s post is a short story that extrapolates our present cultural preoccupation with lawsuits,…
Great short story.
