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...your research did you find that you are the first person to come up with such a theory? People spontaneously started using "disaster capitalism" to describe what was happening with what they were seeing around them because it was so clear that this disaster was being harnessed to push through a radical vision of totally unrestricted markets. And Bush didn't make too much of a secret of it when he announced that his idea of reconstructing the Gulf Coast was to turn it into a tax-free, free-enterprise zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Naomi Klein on 'Disaster Capitalism' | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...interesting that the only person speaking pejoratively about her spouse is Michelle Obama, the wife of a leading contender for the job. She may think she is humanizing Barack by calling him "stinky and snore-y," but these undermining, embarrassing comments make me wonder if she feels a bit threatened by her husband's success and broad appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Oct. 8, 2007 | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...Africa, he escorting his parents on holiday from their native Denmark. Minikel and Balle chatted throughout the 11-hour flight and later met for coffee near her home in San Francisco before Balle returned to Denmark. They fell in love (through e-mail) and married in 2005 (in person), celebrating in four cities with friends and family. Are they happy? Yes. Are they together? Not exactly. Minikel, 37, remains in California to practice obstetrics and gynecology, while Balle, 44, an electronics technician, still lives in his homeland 5,500 miles away. She gets to work herculean hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Till Work Do Us Part | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...lecture be published for our devoted followers. He’s just a little “squeamish:” “Despite the fact that logically you should push the fat man and kill one to save five, I’m so personally squeamish about killing other people that I couldn’t force myself to push a man into sudden death.” Destined for MR22 Greatness: Sandel (in discussing whether it is moral to turn a train to kill one person as opposed to running into five): “Why would...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Week in Justice... | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...citing each speaker by name - 23 in all, he notes. In contrast with what he calls the lack of respect and dignity accorded to him at Columbia - where, he says, he found it odd that an academic institution which prizes tolerance would treat him without any - he addresses each person carefully and patiently. Some highlights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Dinner with Ahmadinejad | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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