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The story: Acorn Sues Over Video as I.R.S. Severs Ties My contributions covered Mr. Breitbart’s reaction to a lawsuit filed by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, against him and the video makers.
Part of an ongoing experiment in making ad consumption a matter of choice, which is an attempt to make the ad experience more useful (the same reasoning behind the “Ads” static page).
Robert G. Picard: The transaction cost problem of newspaper micropayments Summary: No deed goes unpunished. Some points: Each article (or content item) has a different economic value, but the cost of a sale remains significant per article. So, in a collective, more profitable content will need to subsidize less profitable content. Pre-paid accounts for customers … Read more
Q & A with teacher of Shin Buddhism in Tricycle: Quotes that got me going: On the importance of intent: “When we do religious practice with the idea that we can make ourselves better, we underestimate the trap of cloaking egoism in the guise of religious effort.” On the nature of seeking spiritual goals: “Usually … Read more
Who: Nathan Gaunt, an Australian musician. What: Show at the National Underground. When: Er, he played in August, and I’m just now getting around to posting this. So much for deadlines. Impressions: Nathan Gaunt sings with a smooth, bravely itinerant voice that flies across the landscape of your hearing like a light-trailing hawk painting sky … Read more
These photos are from my first visit back to New Orelans since 2002, when I moved out of the city after nearly three years of being dragged across the shark-skin rug of Big Easy living and, in retrospect, loving it.
A representative of the restaurant workers union, Tony Tsai, said that the demonstration was a response to punitive actions taken against employees following Golden Bridge Restaurant’s official conversion to a union shop. That’s all I got. I know, I know. Where’s the response from the owner? Where are the details of the alleged mistreatment? Where’s the … Read more
Unbeknownst to myself, I am promising to kill me. Bring it!
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This documentary-style film follows a unit of U.S. Marines that kills 24 people in revenge following the death of a soldier by an I.E.D. hidden in a street of Haditha, Iraq. There are two reasons I recommend watching this: For 98% of the film, it truly has the feel of a documentary, which enhances the … Read more