Category Archives: globalization

Working at the Inky/DN will be a hard habit to break

Posted on January 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

Tighten your fingers around a teaspoon, feel its metal pulse, its mistrustful warning. How it hurts to refuse a spoon, to say no to a door, to deny everything that habit has licked to a suitable smoothness. — Julio Cortazar, … Continue reading →

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The ‘decoupling’ of Americans from good jobs

Posted on January 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

… The President’s failure to address the decoupling of American corporate profits from American jobs, and explain specifically what he’ll do to get jobs back, not only risks making his grand plans for reviving the nation’s “competitiveness” seem somewhat beside … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to a town near you — Camden-ization

Posted on January 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

Somebody send out the cadaver dogs to search for my midwinter optimism. In the fall, at least, I was able to bike across the Ben Franklin  from Philly to take care of business. But after the first dusting of snow, … Continue reading →

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New Year’s in the twilight zone

Posted on January 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Republicans are telling Americans a Big Lie, and Obama and the Democrats are letting them. The Big Lie is our economic problems are due to a government that’s too large, and therefore the solution is to shrink it. The truth … Continue reading →

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She voted to burn down her house

Posted on November 4, 2010 by oddmanout215

“‘I voted Republican, which is unusual for me,’ said one woman… ‘My main concern is the economy. I couldn’t stand by and watch it continue to crumble.’” — from the Nov. 3 Philadelphia Metro. You have to love the logic. … Continue reading →

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Where’s the sanity, dude?

Posted on November 2, 2010 by oddmanout215

Memo to Stewart: There’s no point to rallying about nothing. Jon Stewart should stick to mild satire. His interviews can be politely irreverent, and he does an amusing job of using news clips to show that the media is, by … Continue reading →

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Fashion-conscious thugs prefer the Bronx Bombers

Posted on September 21, 2010 by oddmanout215

But you don’t have to be a hood to love corporate logos From the Sept. 15 New York Times: A curious phenomenon has emerged at the intersection of fashion, sports and crime: dozens of men and women who have robbed, … Continue reading →

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We’re mad as hell, Friedman!

Posted on August 1, 2010 by oddmanout215

Our enemies are not our friends. The world is not flat. Thomas Friedman is a widely read pundit and an optimistic chap. Wrong most of the time, but optimistic, and very thorough in explaining the madness of U.S. foreign policy. … Continue reading →

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