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Author Archives: The Editor
no better way
Described as the first direct communication from an Iranian leader to an American president...
a star is made
(more on the lighter side of advanced statistical heuristics, from America’s preeminant econo-literary duo)...
1982
“Year after year, economic theorists continue to produce scores of mathematical models and to...
war and peace
A trans-Pacific dialogue on the current state of Palestine, in reverse chronological order… On...
scene one
INT. TOWNHOUSE ANTECHAMBER – NIGHT Forty-something guy in a suit is just getting home...
when a fact is not a fact
How can you compare the human body to an athletic shoe? Or worse still,...
paradise found
BAN KIUKACHAM—It isn’t everywhere you can get a pound of soft narcotics for less...
the mating game
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things…†– Lewis...
lowest common denominator
(one of the more innovative pieces of spam to grace my junkmail in recent...
fine print
(the following prose figures prominantly at the end of every nortel press release. caveat...
a rational retrospective
2005 was a turning point of sorts; more sideways than forward, but welcome in...
1/1/06
in today’s news: (to be reconsidered one day with the benefit of perfect hindsight)
risk/reward
as a primer on basic investment analysis and the ongoing challenge of balancing risk...
talk to you never
(too-good-to-be-true funny, but not quite suitable for “milder” comic sensibilities…) From: ...
afghan fields
in afghan fields, the poppies blow beneath the mountains, row on row that mark...
made in china
When was the last time you looked at the label on just about anything?...
a critic at large
(Gladwell on Harvard, and the preferential science of America’s ruling academic “élite”. At times...
telecrapper 2000
Admit it. When someone or something impresses you twice in a row at your...
re: nova | the elegant universe
From: J Dyck Sent: September 22, 2005 5:50 PM To: d Subject: RE: NOVA...