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Month: April 2008

business, culture, design Posted onApril 30, 2008September 10, 2021

Stupid product of the week: American (big brand) beer

Have you ever noticed the way American beer commercials emphasize packaging gimmicks? The wide-mouth can. The label that turns blue when it’s cold. The easy-pour […] Read More

politics Posted onApril 27, 2008September 10, 2021

Hillama for President

“Hillary can’t win, and Obama can’t beat her.” This seems to be the bottom line in the endless slog toward choosing the Democrat who will […] Read More

culture, entertainment, miscellany Posted onApril 13, 2008September 10, 2021

Britney Bashing Bottoms Out

I can’t believe I’m writing about Britney Spears, but bear with me. One would hope that Britney bottomed out somewhere around the head-shaving or the […] Read More

business, miscellany Posted onApril 11, 2008September 10, 2021

An Inconvenient Fee

I was reminiscing with my colleagues yesterday about the dawn of the ATM machine. We were remembering how, when banks first started to install them, […] Read More

business Posted onApril 11, 2008September 10, 2021

Getting There Without Directions

I can barely remember now, but before the age of MapQuest (and, subsequently, Google Maps), if I needed to go somewhere I’d never been to […] Read More

politics Posted onApril 9, 2008September 10, 2021

Letter to the Editor, 1975

(to the editors at the New York Times) Dear Sir: An editorial in the Times, April 5, observes that “a decade of fierce polemics has […] Read More

politics Posted onApril 3, 2008September 10, 2021

Hillary, I hardly knew ye

I want to like, Hillary Clinton. I really do. She’s an accomplished and well-regarded senator, and she’s the only First Lady in my lifetime who […] Read More

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