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Monthly Archives: June 2010
More Bad Ideas
Time has a list of its choices for the 50 worst inventions. Some I can agree with (Crocs), others I don’t (DDT, CFCs). Let me add a few of my own: Capris Frisbees The electric guitar The 12-tone system Quadraphonic … Continue reading
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Great Expectations
A weepie in the New York Times describes the plight of Cortney Munna trying to dig herself out of almost $100,000 of (non-dischargable) student-loan debt after four years at NYU, a very expensive school. The article puts the blame on Citibank … Continue reading
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