econ 101

Obama on business and politics, via the NYT:
And he [Obama] repeated what he said a few minutes ago, that he believes there are two different views of politics. One involves sacrifice and public service, the other is that politics is a business, “you’re wheeling and dealing and what’s in it for me?” He noted that [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 by pwyll
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Karma

Once in a while you hear about an especially grisly crime by some quiet loner. There is a temptation ask why anyone would do such a thing.
Why did he eat their eyeballs? I don’t know. Could there be an answer to a question like that, an answer that makes sense? Sometimes. [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2008 by pwyll
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