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...Senate's $70 billion patch to the alternative minimum tax is "neither timely nor targeted" and "makes no sense as economic stimulus." But the biggest component--a $145 billion payroll-tax cut--is both good stimulus, because it targets low- and moderate-income earners (who are less likely to save it), and good policy, because it aims to start rebuilding the middle class and help ordinary families who have been left behind during eight years of trickle-down tax policy...
...vaguely liberal and exotic. Jobs in biomedical research and sex education are real jobs. Granted, some spending proposals would work faster and better than others. But it's telling that House minority leader John Boehner ridicules programs to weatherize low-income homes--which would create jobs in a hurry, save poor people money in the long term and reduce the energy waste that increases carbon emissions and empowers foreign thugs. What's the argument in favor of heating and air-conditioning the outdoors...
Walter Isaacson's thought-provoking cover story "How to Save Your Newspaper" suggests that the road we all went down--not charging for content online--may well have been the wrong one. He says a system of micropayments could be the answer to getting great and important journalism to pay for itself. But only consumers can ratify and verify that idea. And I think people would. I know there are 3.3 million TIME subscribers who believe that the perspective and knowledge we give you every week in the magazine and every day online are worth paying...
...feeling kinda anxious?”) are a bit unnerving, demonstrating, as always, the darkness that can come with having a good time. This time around, they mixed up the formula, adding more synth and dub influences. They have dabbled with synth before, but every song on this album, save one, heavily incorporates a synthesizer and electronic elements. “Ulysses” and “No You Girls” manage to stay true to the old Franz Ferdinand aesthetic while adding these newer elements. That said, they fail to replicate the magic of their most popular...
...took place at a gathering of a couple hundred people yesterday at Harvard Square’s Charles Hotel. “[The Institute] will accelerate the discovery process, and it will reduce the time it takes to get those discoveries to the people whose lives they can save,” Faust said, according to a transcript of her remarks. “Terry and Susan have shown a level of understanding—and even daring—that is too rare in the world of philanthropy.” —Staff writer Laura G. Mirviss...