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True friends: "Oh work knows about all that stuff. I just bought Nic Cage's rhinestone crack pipe in an IRS auction and expensed it."about 5 hours agofrom Brizzly
Apparently we all have to go see La nana, and it's only playing at the Avalon. Damn it.about 7 hours agofrom Brizzly
In fairness, Judt's remarks re: diversity & mistrust demonstrate that he's not naive. But what followed was really disappointing.about 7 hours agofrom Brizzly
Has Judt read the Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy? I hope so. Tax farming was a pretty complicated phenomenon.about 7 hours agofrom Brizzly
Rather than Judt, lefties should read Monica Prasad, who really understands the post-1970s evolution of the social market.about 7 hours agofrom Brizzly
Tony Judt is impressive. The Burden of Responsibility is a brilliant book. But his thinking re: political economy is both crude & muddled.about 7 hours agofrom Brizzly
New arrivals: P Duara on the global and the regional & the Kollin bros. The unincorporated man. Yes! Also, new Holofcener movie in 2010!about 9 hours agofrom Brizzly
Tim Carney's "Obamanomics" is a rare political book: it manages to be both accessible and very smart. Also: persuasive critique of Bush.about 17 hours agofrom Twitterrific
Reading v brief revisionist account of republican China. Wow. "Warlordism" largely a myth: polemic against robust provincial autonomy.about 18 hours agofrom Twitterrific
