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With the earnest tone of a teacher aching for his students to understand, Kotlikoff creates a stark picture of our looming financial straits. The "fiscal gap," or difference between what social programs cost and the money the government is bringing in to pay for them, is now about $230,000 per citizen...
Almost Shakespearean, no? True, the Bard didn't offer much in the way of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) or special-interest vehicles--two key sources of Citi's pain. He did, however, understand diversification. "My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place," said Antonio, the Merchant of Venice. "Therefore, my merchandise makes...
Kristol is still perpetuating the myth that only the GOP understands war. Republicans may understand the concept of war, but they don't know how to win one. Both world wars were successfully prosecuted by Democratic Presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman...
...understand why gays want everyone to explicitly state their sexual preference. I have never seen a character say, "I'm straight." I imagine that since gay people have been oppressed for so long, they need to be combative about the subject so that in the future things will be better. This shows how far society has to go. But Dumbledore would be the same person to me if he liked women, men, sheep or trees. He is a great man, and his sexual preference has no bearing on his greatness. I hope we can get to the point at which...
...Considering the audience is at the core of writing,” said Gregory A. Harris, preceptor in expository writing and last year’s editor of “Exposé.” After immersing themselves in research and academia, writers often assume that readers understand the jargon and conventions of specialists, Pinker said. “With apologies to Yeats, I’d argue that we aren’t trying to create monuments to our own magnificence when we write—we’re trying to teach our readers to understand...