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Austerity Measurement: Budget Ideology Fails Outside Of A Vacuum

February 16, 2011

Poll Shows Americans Balance Budget Better When They're Actually Given A Budget To Balance As a March 4 deadline looms for approval of a new budget (as well as the humiliating process of raising the debt cei... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Freedom Isn’t Free, And Neither Is Oil

Patrick Slevin

February 2, 2011

Columns

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Nobody loves a despot when he's down and out. Or when there are thousands of rioters outside of his opulent palace. The recent ousting of Tunisian "President" Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and the current (as of t... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Fuck The Rich; Or, Polls Show Most Americans Agree With This Headline

Patrick Slevin

December 15, 2010

Columns

As Chris Rock once said (over and over again, as is his style), "I'm not talking 'bout rich, I'm talking ‘bout wealthy." Everyday Americans have a different perspective about who's rich and who isn't. Are you r... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Diplomatic Immunity, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Trust Ambassadors

Patrick Slevin

December 8, 2010

Columns

The substantive details of state department cables released by the "roguish" website Wikileaks and the context thereof have almost eclipsed every other news story this week, even as unemployment benefits are ru... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: The Grim Future Of Charity

Patrick Slevin

November 24, 2010

Columns

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One look into Jimmy Wales' creepy eyes on any page of the Wikipedia and an overlooked side effect of the world's pursestrings' drawing becomes painfully clear. You're not donating as much as you used to. ... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Deficit Reduction, You Asked For It

Patrick Slevin

November 17, 2010

Columns

Interestingly, the bitter pill of smaller government that Tea Party-leaning Americans shoved down the ballot box not two weeks ago came into the public discourse this week not from the newly elected House Of Re... Read More...

The Austerity Measurement: Don’t Blame The Internet, Blame The Business Model

Patrick Slevin

October 6, 2010

Columns

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In the last few weeks, business models appeared to shuffle away from the in-store experience and toward the Internet ever further—or the "cloud," which is the fancy word of the day. Remember when you surfed the... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Exporting Our Imports

Patrick Slevin

September 29, 2010

Columns

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It is to wonder which of President Obama's former financial advisor's fuzzy aspiration it was to double the U.S. export market in five years. Most likely, the honor goes to the outgoing Larry Summers, but in th... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: Environmental Party In Cancun! Woooo!

Patrick Slevin

September 22, 2010

Columns

If the BP oil spill did anything for economic growth, it blew the wellhead on energy advertising. Ask yourself, what energy company needs to advertise in this era of energy consolidation? Better than half the t... Read More...

Austerity Measurement: New York Tobacconistas And Simulated Sovereignty

Patrick Slevin

September 16, 2010

Columns

To the addicted, a deal on their drug of choice is attractive in almost any circumstance. A dedicated drinker will go out of their way to buy cases of their preferred brand at a larger outlet for a third less t... Read More...

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Austerity Measurement: Budget Ideology Fails Outside Of A Vacuum

Austerity Measurement: Freedom Isn’t Free, And Neither Is Oil

Austerity Measurement: Fuck The Rich; Or, Polls Show Most Americans Agree With This Headline

Austerity Measurement: Diplomatic Immunity, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Trust Ambassadors

Austerity Measurement: The Grim Future Of Charity

Austerity Measurement: Deficit Reduction, You Asked For It

The Austerity Measurement: Don’t Blame The Internet, Blame The Business Model

Austerity Measurement: Exporting Our Imports

Austerity Measurement: Environmental Party In Cancun! Woooo!

Austerity Measurement: New York Tobacconistas And Simulated Sovereignty

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

Crocodyle On Decade-Spanning Influences & Their Feel Good Music

Tombstones In Their Eyes’ Robust New Record

Labors of Love: Marty Friedman’s All-Consuming Musical Endeavors

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker

Crocodyle On Decade-Spanning Influences & Their Feel Good Music

Tombstones In Their Eyes’ Robust New Record

Labors of Love: Marty Friedman’s All-Consuming Musical Endeavors

Reality Check: OUR MONSTER FIXATION

Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker

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