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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (Manhattan Institute Edition)
Two days ago, splendid reader Steve Stein asked for some statistics to back up this claim made on NPR by a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute (and noted by the hardworking staff). Mr. E.J. McMAHON (Manhattan Institute): I think … Continue reading
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Tagged E.J. McMahon, Kasia Zabawa, Manhattan Institute, NPR, Steve Stein
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Dead Blogging The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
First things first: If you picked “amazing” for your drinking game, you were knee-walking the Red Carpet by 6:16. Rating the Red Carpet Shows √ TV Guide Channel: Chris Somebody, Harrison Somebody, and Tabitha the Tonsorial Tsarina from some cable … Continue reading
Harlem On WSJ’s Mind
Sharp review in the Weekend Wall Street Journal about three new books on Harlem: Everyone from Aaron Burr to Malcolm X has lived there, along with Louis Armstrong, James Baldwin, Frank Costello, Father Devine, W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington, Ralph Ellison, … Continue reading
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Tagged A&E, Collyer Brothers, Harlem, Hoarders, Homer Collyer, Langley Collyer, New York Press, Wall Street Journal
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When A Society Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . it’s just plain sad. But that, apparently, is what’s happening in America these days. From our Mangled Phrases desk: In Saturday’s Boston Herald, Hillary Chabot reported that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is “under new fire from … Continue reading
George Regan’s Nuremberg Defense
Saturday’s Boston Globe reports that trendoid theater-district nightclub Cure Lounge has “agreed to apologize publicly, pay a $30,000 fine, and have its staff attend antidiscrimination training for closing the club on a Saturday night because a significant number of black … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Cure Lounge, George Regan, Nuremberg Defense, Regan Communications
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Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (NYT ‘Dunno’ Edition)
More grist for the salary mill, via Saturday’s New York Times: In Battle Over State Payrolls, Data Show a Mixed Picture The janitors who buff floors and empty wastebaskets for the State of California earn a median wage of a little … Continue reading
Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (NPR Edition)
More slop from the debate over who makes better money: public sector or private sector workers. (Previous hardworking staff notes here and here.) From Dan Bobkoff’s piece on Friday’s All Things Considered: [I]s it true that many government workers have … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, compensation, NPR, private sector, public sector
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TwitFakes Are All The Rage (Especially @MayorEmanuel)
On Twitter, it’s jake to be fake. Via Politico Playbook: JIM VANDEHEI talks to @JohnSBerman for “Nightline” piece on fake Twitter accounts.@JimVandeHei has World Champion Green Bay Packers logo as his icon. @FakeJimVandeHei: “You’re my little banner headline #candyheartrejects.” Video http://abcn.ws/h5xmk2 … Continue reading
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Tagged @FakeCampaignOutsider, @MayorEmanuel, Michele Malkin, rightwingnut, TwitFake
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Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics (WSJ Public Sector Compensation Edition)
The Wall Street Journal weighs in on the public/private sector compensation rumpus: The Public Worker Gravy Train Many government employees are paid up to 30% more than those in the private sector. Leaders across the country are proposing restrictions on … Continue reading
Doug Rubin Thinks You’re An Idiot
From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Ex-Patrick aide now lobbyist for gambling firm Doug Rubin, a former close political adviser to Governor Deval Patrick and the state treasurer, has registered as a Beacon Hill lobbyist for GTech Corp., the gambling giant that … Continue reading
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