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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Letters
“Oh, I got your letter,” he said. “I liked it. Thanks.” I wasn’t quite sure what to make of that and was trying to remember what I had written (as it’s been a several weeks) when he continued. “I really liked it, because it reminded me of…” Reminded him of what? “…it reminded me of […]
Three on Greece
So what’s with Greece? Three data points that are refreshingly free of smoke. 1. Kevin Drum has a conversation on Greece and explains how this is not about fixing things but rather a struggle between Greece and its creditors over the huge loses from a train wreck that’s inevitably coming. 2.Yves Smith’s interprets Papandreou’s recent […]
So Many Words
We were trying to figure out what to say. What to put into the memo. What was important. And what was not. I was at the whiteboard jotting down ideas, drawing pictures of how our argument should look. She was typing into a laptop and poking holes in my scribbles and sketches, adding points that […]
William
He has white hair and a long, white beard. If it were Christmas time, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him in a big, red suit. He talks with a friendly drawl: a tone and way of speaking that makes him easy to listen to. Listening to him, you want to be his friend. And he […]