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Get Lost: Early Frontrunner for 2010 “Top 10 Videos”

by Derek Posted on January 20, 2010

I’ll give you this, Lost-ies: the first season was pretty good. By the end of the second season, however, I was annoyed. I’ll give it credit for trying something different–and I use “different” here in the strictly value-neutral sense. “Different” … Continue reading →

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The Fed Gets in Bed with AIG

by Derek Posted on September 17, 2008

Another day, another eighty-five billion dollars. If you’ve had your back turned, or your earbuds in, or you’ve been transfixed by Sarah Palin’s boobs the last week or two you may not have noticed the Federal Reserve opening its checkbook. $85 billion for insurance behemoth AIG, $70 billion more to feed into the market so that credit won’t totally evaporate, and last week’s credit lines of up to $100 billion each to bail out mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congratulations, fellow taxpayers – for the low, low price of $350 billion we are now the proud owners of three huge, insolvent companies.

If you’re wondering how this is a good investment, the answer is, it’s not. [...READ ON...] Continue reading →

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David Lynch and the Fallacy of Answering

by Derek Posted on February 26, 2007

I was just listening to an episode of the reliably interesting radio show This American Life called “Quiz Show.” The second of the episode’s three segments was about the MIT Mystery Hunt, an annual event where teams of intimidatingly brainy … Continue reading →

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