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Lower Risk of Double-Dip Recession?
ABC’s Jake Tapper interviewed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on This Week yesterday. While his words were encouraging (no double-dip recession, the economy is growing again) Geithner’s head-shaking body language, worry lines in his forehead, tension around his mouth, and the tightness of his voice all indicate great stress.
Seventeen minutes, all worth watching. The best part is the last three minutes or so.
Whose idea was it to seat them facing each other in two small chairs in that enormous room?
The Times Whiffs Again
I love articles written by savvy insiders taking sloppy journalism to task. For an example on the topic of adjunct faculty, a click on the headline takes you to yesterday’s Confession of a Community College Dean at InsideHigherEd.com.
Is the iPad a Child’s Best Friend?
A grandmother just referred me to this NYT piece on the iPad as toy. I’m starting a list of whole new markets for this thing that no one thought of until after it showed up. There will be many more.
Revealing
The CPBB, using CBO estimates, analyzes the projected federal budget deficit and in one key graphic reveals the sources of the problem (h/t to Brad DeLong at UC Berkeley).
Apple gives every other reader reason to be nervous with iPad
Andy Ihnatko at the Chicago Sun Times is one of the early reviewers to get the iPad right.
Apple gives every other reader reason to be nervous with iPad
Bali Arts 