4.12 Jim VandeHei in Axios: The explosion of technology in every facet of life is a big reason that the rich are getting richer, and the big are getting bigger. Scary thought: The situation is on track to get worse, because artificial intelligence will make the internet look like the Apple II. Why it matters: …
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This is the best prank ever: In 1990, Spy magazine sent a check for 13 cents to a bunch of wealthy Americans. Only two people cashed the checks. One was an arms dealer. The other was Donald Trump. #AprilFoolsDay; https://t.co/qKck3HE8Bm — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 1, 2019
On Thursday the 28th I went to a lecture by the celebrated economist Thomas Piketty at Columbia University. Author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Piketty emphases his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. He says that the rate of capital return in developed countries is persistently …
Three years I joined the staff of Governor Cuomo. This week he gave me this handsomely framed appointment document. Much appreciated. In a text, my daughter Cara pronounced me `seriously legit.’ So there. And I get paychecks.
3.30 Michael Che on SNL: “How can America run out of space [to hold immigrants]? We still have two Dakotas. Most countries don’t even have one.” 3.30 Albany 3.30 Albany 3.29 Thomas Piketty at Columbia 3.29 Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “So, what is the president afraid of? Is he afraid of the truth, that he would …
The terrible news of the past week has shocked and distressed the world. We extend our sympathies to those who lost loved ones. Our Muslim brothers and sisters in New Zealand and Holland, and all of our friends across the globe, need to know that Americans condemn not only those who perpetrated these actions, but …
3.15 A white supremacist in Christchurch NZ livestreamed his shooting rampage during Friday prayers at two mosques that left at least 49 dead and another 48 receiving hospital treatment. The shooter also posted a 74-page manifesto entitled `The Great Replacement,’ in which he identified himself as a 28-year-old white man born in Australia. He claimed …
2.28 Derek Thompson in The Atlantic: In 1980, the highest-earning men actually worked fewer hours per week than middle-class and low-income men, according to a survey by the Minneapolis Fed. But that’s changed. By 2005, the richest 10 percent of married men had the longest average workweek. In that same time, college-educated men reduced their …
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Frank Robinson was traded to the Baltimore Orioles before the start of the 1966 season, the year I turned 13. I didn’t have long years of observation to draw up, but even then I recognized that I had never seen a player who played with his intensity and aggressiveness. We had had good players on …
2.8 Albert Finney dies 2.7 Huffington Post: David Pecker, the chief executive of American Media Inc., which publishes the tabloid National Enquirer, threatened to publish embarrassing photos of Jeff Bezos if he didn’t stop investigating Pecker’s company, according to the Amazon CEO. Bezos revealed the alleged threat, which was sent through AMI chief content officer …