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The Fraudulent Case for the Benefits of Wealth Inequality | The Awl Most economists, Bennett contends, would concede that “the degree of wealth equality that the study's respondents identified as ideal would be disastrous, because it would seriously retard growth—sapping incentives to work and innovate, perhaps even requiring coercive measures mandating that the poor save […]

Why We Published the Christine O'Donnell Story She has repeatedly chosen, of her own volition, to make it her business to condemn the private sexual behaviors of millions of men and women who believe, or behave, differently than she does. She's of course free to do so. But when it turns out that her own […]

Charles Stross: The hard edge of empire We know about the real world of the era steampunk is riffing off. And the picture is not good. If the past is another country, you really wouldn't want to emigrate there. Life was mostly unpleasant, brutish, and short; the legal status of women in the UK or […]

Ronald D. Moore on Why Galactica Steered Clear of ‘Technobabble,’ Aliens | Underwire | Wired.com The technobabble in Trek just got completely out of control,” Moore told reporters Friday at the opening of the Battlestar Galactica exhibit at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Moore said he used to put the word tech in his […]

The Onion — Democrats: 'If We're Gonna Lose, Let's Go Down Running Away From Every Legislative Accomplishment We've Made' | WASHINGTON—Conceding almost certain Republican gains in next month's crucial midterm elections, Democratic lawmakers vowed Tuesday not to give up without making one final push to ensure their party runs away from every major legislative victory […]

Steve Emerson's Jihad Racket One of leading newspapers in the south, the Tennessean, reported over the weekend that one of the "anti-jihadist" groups is not only in the business of Muslim-baiting but also in business of business. An investigation into Steve Emerson, who has literally built his entire career on telling Americans that Muslims, pretty […]

NYT v. the world: WikiLeaks coverage The difference in how (a) the NYT "reported on" — i.e., whitewashed — these horrific, incriminating revelations about the U.S. and (b) the rest of the world media reported on it, could not be more vast. Again, even Politico understood its significance, as this was the first line of […]

5 Reasons 'Red Dawn' Is Secretly a Subversive Anti-War Film | Cracked.com That is, as long as you don't think about it too hard. If you dig into the details of this action epic you find a pretty damning indictment of Reagan, the U.S. military and even America itself. In fact, it might be the […]

Milchtrinkers Uber Alles It turned out Europe's lush vegetation and cooler climates suited diary farming well, and a population explosion among these original Middle Eastern immigrants seeded Europe with its healthy, strong-boned milk-fed future. (tags: history culture) Johann Hari: The Tea Party's Wildest Dreams Come True — in Britain. The Result? Disaster The government of […]

6 Books Everyone (Including Your English Teacher) Got Wrong | Cracked.com (tags: book books culture education comedy)