…as surely as the moon is made of Roquefort cheese.
Still, the Red Sox Curt Schilling may have made more per hour.
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By Ron Scherer Tue Sep 30, 4:00 AM ET
New York - Lloyd Blankfein, chairman of Goldman Sachs, made $73.7 million last year. James “Jamie” Dimon, chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase, had to make do […]
Posted in Wall Street, Greed, Financial Institutions |
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Posted in Neo-Romanovs, Wall Street, Financial Institutions |
New Test Shows If You Are a Shopaholic
Jeanna Bryner
Senior Writer
LiveScience.com Mon Sep 22, 8:16 AM ET
A new shopaholic test could tell if you should you leave your credit card at home when heading out to the mall.
The test makes it clear that there’s shopping and then there’s over-the-top purchasing that can wreak havoc on a […]
Posted in Psychology |
‘Substantive’ Press Is Taken for a Spin
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 29, 2008; C01
Not Too Bright
The rhetoric gets heated this time of year, but Paul Begala, the CNN commentator, went way over the line in calling President Bush a “high-functioning moron.”
The former Bill Clinton aide can be a witty partisan, but there are […]
Posted in News Media, Bush, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
that they choose an inopportune time to stand, should surprise no one.
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Following Brooks’ piece is a comment by Vincenzo Kolchak.
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September 30, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Revolt of the Nihilists
By DAVID BROOKS
In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt inherited an economic crisis. He understood that his first job was to restore confidence, to give people a sense that somebody was in charge, […]
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