Recently the Federal Reserve released transcripts of its monetary policy meetings during the fateful year of 2008. And, boy, are they discouraging reading. Partly that’s because Fed officials come across as essentially clueless about the gathering economic storm. But we knew that already. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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The following is an interview Philip Roth gave to Daniel Sandstrom, the cultural editor at Svenska Dagbladet, for publication in Swedish translation in that newspaper and in its original English in the Book Review. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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As capitalism has evolved, so have the cities we inhabit; capitalism has found new and invigorated inspiration in the conquest of space. As urban regions have become critical to capital accumulation, cities have become command nodes in a globalised economy. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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Bill Clinton has really whore’d himself out this time — surrounding himself with real prostitutes. Slick Willie probably had no clue … but the women Bill posed with at an L.A. charity event Thursday night are two star hookers at the famed Nevada Bunny Ranch brothel. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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With science as the solvent, I can strip away the veneer of fantasy coating collective memory, and engage my remaining years with real knowledge.

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