USA Today Touts the Government’s Good News on Medicare
But was it the full story?
Elizabeth Spiers and the Reinvented New York Observer
By Felix Salmon There are three main reasons that I like entering into bets with people. The first is, simply, that it’s fun. The second is that I love to win bets. And the third is that I love to lose them. I don’t ever trade the...
The Accidental Correspondent
When war came to his home, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found his calling
What Do Ohioans Want from Their Media?
Follow the money. Check the facts. And grow a pair.
Audit Notes: Minimum Wage and the Recession, Facebook’s Numbers, Most Powerless
By Ryan Chittum The Wall Street Journal runs an editorial today criticizing Mitt Romney for his support for increasing the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation. Few policies are as destructive as the minimum wage at keeping the young and ...
NYT With More on the SEC’s Soft Touch With Big Banks
By Ryan Chittum The New York Times has an excellent investigation today that shows in a new light how the SEC lets Wall Street off the hook despite repeated fraud. Edward Wyatt reports that the SEC has given banks waivers 350 times in the last...
Ralston Grills the GOP Gang
In advance of Nevada caucus, tough questions for the candidates
NYT Paywall Datapoints of the Day
By Felix Salmon Ken Doctor has a very smart and interesting take on the news that the NYT now has 390,000 paying digital subscribers — plus another 16,000 at the Boston Globe. It’s unambiguously good news, on many fronts. First, and most i...
Audit Notes: CDO Charges, Facebook’s Board, Deficits
By Ryan Chittum Sure enough, the Justice Department charged former Credit Suisse CDO executive Kareem Serageldin with fraud for allegedly artificially inflating CDO values. Two of his underlings pleaded guilty and say Serageldin orchestrated t...
The WSJ’s Sony Story Is a Page-One Dud
By Ryan Chittum News that Sony's board has picked a new CEO gets page-one play in The Wall Street Journal, apparently because Kazuo Hirai gave the paper an exclusive interview. But the story is weak, almost entirely from Hirai's and the compan...
The Literary Roots of the Gay Revolution
Reviewing Christopher Bram’s Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
