Now I see that Big Journalism is ablaze with this article in which The Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong reveals that the cosigners a letter published in The Nation in April of 2008 actually discussed the contents of that letter before they signed it. Moreover, Strong reveals that all of these people worked for publications whose editorial slant is patently liberal or leftist like Mother Jones or The Washington Independent.
Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. Yes, it was just that busy. The market put in a surprisingly strong session yesterday, opening lower on the IBM earnings report, but then quickly bottoming and building steam throughout the day and into the close.
For the first few months, I was responsible for more general day-to-day child care than my wife. She was working full time, and since I was teaching only one course per week, I had a reasonable amount of time to spare. We were also fortunate enough to be able to hire a couple of nannies, one for three nights a week and one for three days. Both nannies were fantastic, and we do our best to stay in touch. Nevertheless, I theoretically had responsibility for four nights and four days a week, although in practice we were able to farm out the girls to relatives often enough that I didnt usually work that much. This arrangement allowed me to feel as if I were doing my part in contributing to childcare; I was still quite mindful of the difficulty that Davida had endured during the pregnancy. Of course, I didnt have to affix the screechy little parasites to my body, or take the breast pump to work.
Guest Post by Paul McCarthy
In this post I’m going to show you how you can get started making money online in as short time as possible. This process is one that I’ve been using for the past year to make money online and fire my boss.
Brief note before we continue: No part of this series should be thought of as an authoritative statement about pregnancy, parenthood, or anything else. Rather, it should be understood as expressive of my own personal reactions to the birth of our children, with associated vague thoughts about those reactions. With that out of the way…
Although we often focus on what divides us, it’s important to remember that the “we demand Swedish level of social services with Mississippi levels of taxation and we could get it if it wasn’t for all of the waste, fraud and abuse at the state capital!” ethos that dominates American’s suburbs can also be found in the heartland:
The market is higher in early trading following Friday’s sharp selloff. Friday’s action was likely exacerbated by options expiration, in addition to some negative reactions from earnings season.
Friday will be the girl’s first birthday, and in honor of one year as a parent I thought that I would toss together a few things I wrote on the topic (some from way back) and try to make a series of it. The first installment has to do with health care; the wife’s pregnancy was the first time that I had to deal at length with America’s health care bureaucracy. We also had to deal with the fact that my wife changed jobs shortly before the birth of the girl’s, meaning that we needed to shift between health care providers. This post is more about health care than fatherhood per se, but the experience of having kids brought me to a series of revelations about our health care system.
Erik Loomis informs me that LGM has achieved immortality in the form of a screenshot of a google search in the liner notes of M.I.A.’s latest album. The post in question had been part of the “lost archive,” but I have recreated the post in all of its original glory.
In response to reports that Tim Geithner is trying to scotch Elizabeth Warren’s appointment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (and presumably prefers someone who is sort of willing to overlook the whole “consumer protection” part of the mission), Yglesias and Fernholz point out that the sourcing for the claim is far from airtight.
