February 2012
1 post
December 2011
1 post
skills i wish i had
rapping
dunking
story telling
joke telling
public speaking
“Finally, in any case like this that touches on the transparency of financial...”
– Judge Rakoff (h/t Mat Taibbi): http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/federal-judge-pimp-slaps-the-sec-over-citigroup-settlement-20111129#ixzz1fF9mbb1C
great writing to be found everywhere - even in judicial rulings. i dont know about you, but this makes my blood turn red- its...
November 2011
5 posts
“Our current political and economic institutions rest upon the wager that a...”
– http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/delong119/English
is the individual mandate that different from compelling people to pay FICA taxes?
both “fund” (directly or indirectly) some form of insurance that you generally can’t opt out of.
all people realize the benefits of SS/Medicare & compelled health insurance
all people will consume elderly care costs or health care at some point
yes, you can decline to work and avoid paying...
“This is on a bus back from camp. I’m thirteen and so are you. Before I left for...”
– this is so good.
October 2011
2 posts
““Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make...”
– East of Eden, John Steinbeck
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
3 posts
there is a false premise in the current tax debate that does not get mentioned enough, if ever. and its this: the super-rich did not become successful purely from their own effort and diligence. you either have to be a fool or wilfully blind to believe that.
the american dream can be a pernicious myth that makes people believe that they don’t owe anything to anybody - that people are fully...
there was a sermon i once heard, it might have been one of pastor jae’s, where the pastor said that shame and self-conciousness were really problems of egoism and pride. now this makes a lot of sense to me.
while i was mowing my lawn today i thought to myself “i can’t drink that much, but my shame and self-loathing is a tank”. what that pastor was saying is that this shame...
less than a week before my i begin my last year of law school, i have, for the first time maybe ever, the desire to truly be an advocate; to be a lawyer. being a lawyer was always a sort of means-ends thing - a springboard into a second career of policy advice, research, or policy research. and while that still is the goal, im actually excited to become and practice as a lawyer.
during the end of...
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
6 posts
question
Ok so economists always love to say that a weak dollar is good for America b/c it means our exports are cheaper. And I get that.
What I dont get is why the other half of the equation is always ignored. this means that goods are now more expensive for US nationals- and for a country with a large trade imbalance (i.e. that we import much more than we export), isn’t that a very bad thing for...
This is going to sound really obvious, but if I’ve learned one thing in law school its that things are rarely simple. Things that are conceptually simple are rarely so when implemented.
"The Economist" To Halt Production For Month To... →
theeconomist:
This post courtesy of our friends at The Onion.
ohmygodimisshomealot.
March 2011
4 posts
banksy
am i the only person that thinks banksy is bull? i think some of his stuff really is interesting, but a lot of it is wack. i might be biased bc i think his whole schtick of being mysterious is really dumb.
February 2011
6 posts
“I was invested in Perkins. I sit 15 feet from their bench — I watched him...”
– Bill Simmons
this is why i didn’t like the melo trade.
“It was a fantastic meeting, trust me. No words, live music, excellent...”
– Mr. Prokhorov on his meeting with Carmelo
i love this guy
“As a profession we have failed miserably at our primary function – the efficient...”
– Bill Gross, founder of Pimco - which runs the world’s largest bond fund
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/02/15/133779924/finance-guy-attacks-finance-industry?sc=tw&cc=share
January 2011
6 posts
Ryan Gosling - You Always Hurt The One You Love...
“I am half agony, half hope.”
– Captain Wentworth
I’m not actually reading this book, but I just really liked the quote. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Captain-Frederick-Wentworths-Letter-to-Anne-Elliot-Persuasion/184189786197
“One cold night, as an Arab sat in his tent, a camel gently thrust his nose under...”
– Camel’s nose in the tent
December 2010
7 posts
Taxes as a percentage of GDP →
The 1% Draft. →
interesting, but radical- and politically inviable.
““When I can look at your zip code and tell whether or not you’re...”
– Condoleezza Rice
““Why on earth should finance be the biggest and most highly paid industry when...”
– Paul Woolley
I finally took some time to visit the National Gallery today. The fact that it took this long was kind of pathetic because it is literally a 100 second walk from my school. Anyway- I got to spend 2 hours there, so I wanted to share my favorite painting :)
Gerrit van Honthorst - Christ Before the High Priest
What I loved about this picture was how pissed the high priest looks- leaning forward,...
At church today a girl I met before was saying ‘Hi’ to me- I couldn’t tell if she was going in for a hug or handshake, so I went in 100% hug: arms wide, leaning in. She said “omg- what are you trying to do!” Then I turned red.
November 2010
5 posts
“In post-modern culture people believe that passionate conviction in itself is...”
– Terry Eagleton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/nov/21/rowan-eagleton-dawkins-atheism-debate?showallcomments=true#comment-8484035
*update - and i just read that hes a visiting notre dame professor!
one thing that i keep learning over and over here is that i have horrible judgment. probably not a good thing for an aspiring lawyer.
“Here’s the thing: Mr. Obama still has immense power, if he chooses to use it. At...”
– Paul Krugman
Childish Gambino aka cheezy aka mcDJ aka donald... →
download this album NOW! will be the best decision of your week.
has this song gotten big in the states?