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Gaylaxicon 2009 Review

Gaylaxicon 2009 - October 09 - 11, 2009 (part 1 of 2)

The 11th Gaylaxicon was a convention with a difference… and what a difference! Even Marlin was surprised, and he’s used to REAL conventions. With apologies to Monty Python. More

Gaylaxicon 2009 - October 09 - 11, 2009 (part 2 of 2)

Well, as promised, or threatened, I’m back for part two of my Gaylaxicon 2009 recapitulation. Thank you for returning for more. You know, perhaps this isn’t really a recap, because, part of the definition of a recap is “concise”, which this isn’t. Synopsis doesn’t fit either, for the same reason. Call it a wordy review. In any case, on with the whole ADHD soaked show! More

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Too Little of a Good Thing

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: November 1, 2009

The good news is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a k a the Obama stimulus plan, is working just about the way textbook macroeconomics said it would. But that’s also the bad news — because the same textbook analysis says that the stimulus was far too small given the scale of our economic problems. Unless something changes drastically, we’re looking at many years of high unemployment. More

The Grey Lady Speakes

EDITORIAL
Six Tests for Equality and Fairness
Published: November 1, 2009

Political battles this fall in six different parts of the country could have a profound impact on whether the United States will extend the promise of equal rights to those who are not allowed to marry simply because they are the same sex as their partner. More

Your Tax Dollar at Work

Audit: KBR Must Trim Iraq Work Force or Face Fines
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 2, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army's primary support contractor in Iraq is being warned by Pentagon auditors to cut its work force there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll. More

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23 Private College Presidents Made More Than $1 Million

By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: November 2, 2009

The presidents of the nation’s major private research universities were paid a median compensation of $627,750 in the 2007-8 fiscal year — a 5.5 percent increase from the previous year — according to The Chronicle of Higher Education annual executive compensation survey. More

The Trouble with Puppets

With Karzai, U.S. Faces Weak Partner in Time of War
Abdullah Abdullah was at times emotional on Sunday in announcing in Kabul that he was dropping out of a runoff.
By DAVID E. SANGER
Published: November 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — With the White House’s reluctant embrace on Sunday of Hamid Karzai as the winner of Afghanistan’s suddenly moot presidential runoff, President Obama now faces a new complication: enabling a badly tarnished partner to regain enough legitimacy to help the United States find the way out of an eight-year-old war. More

And, is it just me or have we stopped talking about the one in Iraq?