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Bloomberg an Indy Presidential Candidate?

By alex | Published: 6/19/2007
Just a quick note: a thaumaturgical compendium is still officially endorsing Obama in 08. However, if we end up with a different Democratic nominee, I would be interested in seeing what a newly independent Bloomberg has to say about the presidency. He already has his campaign tagline, to counter Guliani’s constant references to 9/11: “Stop […]
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Freedom is about authority

By alex | Published: 5/7/2007
A speech by frontrunner Giuliani, as reported in the New York Times. (See the article for context.) We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes […]
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Technological Utopianism

By alex | Published: 4/30/2007
I had a dream this weekend of Utopia. But there is a reason for this. This blog is a series of non-sequiturs, but in order to cushion the move from cuttlefish and conference sponsorship to pre-Marxist socialism, I should note that I spent most of Saturday engrossed in Stoppard’s entire Coast of Utopia trilogy. It […]
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NY Driving Fee

By alex | Published: 4/22/2007
I suppose I have to be a bit circumspect about commenting on local New York City politics, given that I am a relatively recent arrival in the city. But I am completely behind Bloomberg’s announced congestion pricing for downtown Manhattan. Anything that will reduce the smog and traffic downtown is a good thing. There are […]
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