first a study by harvard postdoc fellow daniel j. hopkins pdf here which argues that the bradley effect disappeared around 1996
african americans running for office before 1996 performed on average 2.7 percentage points worse than their polling numbers would indicate. yet this effect subsequently disappeared. although precision is limited because there were only 47 observations for 18 elections... [Show More]
while it was another bad day for stocks the international monetary fund can finally look forward to a bull market in the number of client states from which to collect fees and pay their employees.
managing director dominique strausskahn took center stage saying problems in the financial markets and in the global economy can be solved if we act quickly forcefully and cooperatively. i strongly sugge... [Show More]
it was cased all in bright armour sealed with heavy rivets a round helmet clamped over the top half of its skull eyes glinting beyond a thin slot. it grunted and snorted sounds loud as a bull ironbooted feet thudding on the stone as it thundered forwards a massive axe in its irongloved hands. a giant among shanka. or some new thing made from iron and flesh down here in the darkness.
its axe curved... [Show More]
the new york review of books sometime in the winter of 1540 henry viiis commissioners for the dissolution of the monasteries seized from durham cathedral library a large gospel book that they seem to have valued principally for its magnificent jeweled binding. the binding was stripped off... read more...... [Show More]
simic on roth ii Post Source: marksarvas.blogs.com Posted: Oct 09 2008 03:41:03
so ive had a bit more time with charles simics review of indignation and its prompted this unplanned penultimate entry in my summer of roth ruminations.
i include a cursory look at the different responses to the novel in my final post but two things struck me in particular about the simic review that i wanted to take up with you. first on my second closer reading i noticed this error in simics re... [Show More]
without even the presence of a major socialist party during its 232year history to push for such a move the u.s. officials took a dramatic step toward socialism by announcing that it is considering nationalizing in effect the banking system.
not drawing that conclusion the n.y. times story u.s. may take ownership stake in banks reports
having tried without success to unlock frozen credit marke... [Show More]
teas and isis Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 08 2008 23:28:00
in the new york review of books william dalrymple of just renown explores the egyptian connection the genetic link between the ancient christian cultures of egypt and of the british isles.
one of the earliest known insular gospel books the cuthbert gospels is bound and sewn in a specifically coptic manner which michelle brown believes indicates an actual learningteaching process linking egypt and... [Show More]
yesterdays pile of mail brought with it a copy of nadeem aslams new novel the wasted vigil which is set in afghanistan. if the words set in afghanistan make you fear that this is simply a quick topical realist book that attempts to cash in on current interest in the region you may be interested to read pankaj mishras essay about the novel in the new york review of books
certainly if these readers... [Show More]
what distinguishes this process from earlier downturns and what makes it so dangerous is the historical and international economic situation in which it is taking place soros says. superimposed on the us housing bubble he writes is a much larger boombust sequence which has finally reached its inflection or crossover point. the housing slump is following the normal historical pattern he suggests
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the new york review of books it seemed important as both men set about making their marks on the world for them to establish before anything else that their stories began when their fathers died and that they set out alone without a fathers shadow or a fathers permission... read more...... [Show More]
simic on roth Post Source: marksarvas.blogs.com Posted: Oct 08 2008 02:42:11
friends we beg indulgence well still grappling with this stubborn head cold that we picked up in ny and were just not clear headed enough to focus on blogging duties. we swear on a stack of banvilles that we have interesting stuff in the hopper and it will begin to find its way here any day now. please just hang in as we heal. equilibrium will return.
in the meantime charles simic has taken a lo... [Show More]
long day links Post Source: www.tayarijones.com Posted: Oct 07 2008 03:37:37
james baldwin in harlem
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thanks everyone for helping me out with my facebook situation.
dreams of their fathers barack obama and james baldwin.
i was wrong. the nyt wasnt totally lame this sunday. shelly found an interesting article on short vs long fiction.
to make the leap from journalism to novel writing linda villarosa had to change the way she thinks.
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photo courtesy the sietch blog
i attended the world savers congress panel on china hosted by conde nast traveler on september 23.a the panel was convened to answer how can the travel industry contribute to the positive development of chinaa but the discussion went far beyond to provide a broad framing of the huge environmental and economic development challenges facing china.a the panel provided ... [Show More]
cora weiss usa Post Source: word.world-citizenship.org Posted: Oct 06 2008 00:26:19
linked with inventing peace.
she is one of the 1000 women proposed for the nobel peace price 2005.
to have a peaceful population says cora weiss we must teach peace. this belief is the cornerstone of coras lifes work. as president of the hague appeal for peace she is leading a campaign dedicated to the abolition of war. she brings her skills as a convener and an educator into diverse venuesfrom th... [Show More]
as abbevilleawebsite recommendations go this ones a gimme. while most blogs over the past two weeks have featured postsacalled something likeaomg sarah palin tina fey wall streetaworldwide crisis rofl a different stripe a literary blog from the goodafolks at the new york review of books has given usathe post titlesahenry james and the loquacity of incomprehension and more poignant still remember a... [Show More]
victory reversal Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 03 2008 15:18:41
as iraqs sectarianism still remains the nation covers the takeover of the sunni awakening by the iraqi government. the article points out that attacks by the shiitemajority government toward awakening members are increasing and that despite the deceptive calm in iraq the country remains poised to explode. at informed comment juan cole discusses yesterdays bombing on bagdads shiite mosques after a... [Show More]
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tartanelmi idket alank. rezeg a monetaris lac a kapitalizmus alatt az amerikai egyesalt allamoknak fekete elnake lesz az elbutult macskajancsi szara a zsida szinhaz ventillatoraba csapadik a turbamagyarok tarkamagyarosodnak a lekaszan izraeli miniszterelnak pedig tavozasa kazben mag odanyilatkozza ezt a nahany laza mondatot
izraelnek fel kell adnia szinte minden ha nem az assze... [Show More]
what happened as hurricane katrina made landfall in new orleans and along the gulf coast on august 29 2005 continues to seem surreal and unbelievable. except to those residents whos lives were changed by the breaks of the weakened levees the subsequent flooding and complete devastation of the lower ninth ward st. bernard parish lakeview and many of new orleans other neighborho ods.
withi n hours... [Show More]
victory Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 02 2008 08:23:18
stability
last night i had dinner with a charming female war correspondent and my editor at the dutch newspaper nrc handelsblad. the editor alerted me to an article by peter w. galbraith on iraq in the new york review of bookswe hear again and again from washington that we have turned a corner in iraq and are on the path to victory. if so it is a strange victory. shiite religious parties that are... [Show More]
d for dated Post Source: www.tranzformer.de Posted: Oct 01 2008 13:01:49
die zeit blogger jarg lau got my star spangled dander up a tad today describing boston area infrastructure in the power region of mit and harvard even as laughable and amazingly unmodern. that was until i saw the the american society of civil engineers has graded its current status as failing though graciously filing a grade d instead of an f which last time i checked is the traditional grade fo... [Show More]
linklog 20081001 Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 01 2008 13:00:05
gene expression graphs on the death of marxism postmodernism and other stupid academic fads despite the spirited defense by an apparently embittered excultural studies student gone science and not meaning what they are purported to mean the numbers here are interestin g
inform ed comment a social history of the surge if the surge is working id hate to see how broken has been redefined.
is t... [Show More]
linked with naked punch will appear on oct. 21.
antonio toni negri born august 1 1933 is an italian marxist political philosopher. negri is perhaps bestknown for his coauthorship of empire and his work on spinoza. born in padua he became a political philosophy professor in his hometown university. negri founded potere operaio worker power group in 1969 and was a leading member of the autonomia ope... [Show More]
just in time for fall semester n1 the brooklynbased journal of prose combat has a new line of tshirts. hey the new york review of books sells illuminated pocket magnifiers okay
while were somewhat surprised theyre not referred to as cotton monuments the shirts do come in two colors socialist red and existentialist black. the times a.o. scott might say these unisex american apparel shirts sometimes... [Show More]
excelente e preocupante artigo de peter galbraith new york review of books sobre a melhoria da situaaao no iraque
we hear again and again from washington that we have turned a corner in iraq and are on the path to victory. if so it is a strange victory. shiite religious parties that are irans closest allies in the middle east control iraqs central government and the countrys oilrich south. a sunni... [Show More]
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