February 2012
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““State of” syndrome has assuredly spread. It is flourishing in New York, now...”
– Clyde Haberman, “My Dear Americans, New Yorkers, Brooklynites, Park Bench Users”
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I’m sure painters will now be clamoring to paint the walls of startups for stock. It’s a pretty good proposition, considering that the worst case scenario is losing out on a few thousand dollars that would have been paid in cash and the upside is hundreds of millions of dollars…
The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social...
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“But many close to the company say that Facebook is aiming for a far greater...”
– Evelyn M. Rusli, “Facebook Files for an I.P.O.
January 2012
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“The truth is, the Republican Establishment all but ceded control of the party,...”
– Eric Boehlert, “How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party”
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“Even though the data around productivity has proved pretty remorseless, humans...”
– The Truth About Sleep & Productivity | Inc.com (via infoneer-pulse)
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The Hartford Courant's editorial board doesn't... →
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For those who are wondering why the East Haven Police Department is out of control, one possible answer is that Mayor Joseph Maturo is an idiot.
What other possible explanation is there for Mr. Maturo’s comments Tuesday night following the arrest of four East Haven police officers for violating, often brutally, the civil rights of Latinos? A New York television reporter asked...
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Grading the State of the Union
The Wall Street Journal has a reputation for leaning to the right. However, this morning I was struck by the sentiments of WSJ readers and just how sharply they contrasted with those of the country as a whole.
In the Wall Street Journal’s online poll asking readers to grade President Obama’s State of the Union, the plurality of people—40%—gave the President an...
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“We have come to doubt the value of candidate endorsements by this newspaper or...”
– Chicago Sun-Times
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“There’s no question that people who sell fake Rolexes or tainted Viagra or...”
– Senator Ron Wyden
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“Marianne Gingrich’s most devastating memory is that the day after [Newt’s]...”
– “Moralizing’s High Cost,” The New York Times
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Question authority!
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Dessert sales at Starbucks could be sweeter
Despite my insatiable sweet tooth, I’m never tempted by the desserts at Starbucks. They simply don’t look appetizing and are poorly presented.
As a point of contrast, look at the pastries at Financier, an NYC coffee shop chain.
For the same price as the Starbucks offerings, which look stale and processed, one can buy delicious, freshly-made and appetizing desserts.
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“And yet, as became immediately apparent in 2009, millions of Americans were...”
– Lee Siegel, “What’s Race Got to Do With It?”
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“Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online...”
– Victoria Espinel, Aneesh Chopra, and Howard Schmidt
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An Arrest for a Crime That, It Turned Out, Never... →
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STOP SOPA
Three years ago, while enrolled in Elizabeth Stark’s “Intellectual Property in the Digital Age” seminar at Yale, I wrote a blog post on the chilling effects spurred by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) “Safe Harbor” provision (see below).
As an example, I showed how the Safe Harbor provision created incentives for eBay to remove legitimate, legal...
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Powerful op-ed in today’s New York Times by Lakhdar Boumediene about the seven years during which he was wrongfully held at Guantánamo Bay, without evidence or due process. Stories like these put a human face on the the injustice at Guantánamo Bay and underscore our need to change a system which is deeply flawed and at odds with our country’s values and principles.
ON Wednesday,...
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“Alistair Crane is 25-years-old and co-founder of startup Grapple Mobile, which...”
– Julie Bort
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“Last week, I drove to Pacifica, a beach community just south of San Francisco,...”
– Nick Bilton, “Disruptions: Resolved in 2012: To Enjoy the View Without Help From an iPhone”
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“The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug....”
– Pico Iyer, “The Joy of Quiet”
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