What’s Better: Stocks, Bonds, or Lobbyists?
Looking for a 22,000 percent return on your investment? Hire a lobbyist, send her to Washington on your behalf, and watch the money roll in. A recent study out of the University of Kansas found that every $1 spent by firms lobbying Congress for a single tax break in 2004 brought in $220 in tax Read More »
White Tiger Author Aravind Adiga Answers Your Questions
Last week, we solicited your questions for Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger, a rambunctious tragicomic novel about modern India. Read More »
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Internet Sings
This may sound like a chorus of goblins, but it’s really the sound of the internet — of two thousand people, each paid to make just one tone, synthesized into a rendition of the song “Daisy Bell.” Why this song? When scientists used a computer to synthesize music for the first time, in 1962, they Read More »
Friday Night Lights and the Teenage Virgin
I’m a huge fan of Friday Night Lights — to the point that when a student makes an especially good point in class, I sometimes intone “Clear eyes, full heart,” emulating the coach in the series. But it was with some sadness that I watched a couple weeks ago an episode in which Julie, the Read More »
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