Word: songful
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...best -selling albums of all time. With with over 15 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, the album remains the most successful in Columbia Records' history; 7 of its tracks became Top 10 singles. Released at the height of Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign, the song "Born in the USA" itself was widely seen as a jingoistic anthem, despite lyrics expressing anger and frustration over the treatment of Vietnam veterans...
Things I would never think to write a song about: tax software programs, White House cabinet members, Paul Krugman. Now, I might write a song about Maureen Dowd (tentative title: "I Wish You Would Disappear"), but Krugman? Yes, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist has a gift for breaking down complicated economic situations into easily digestible concepts, but he rarely inspires within me a sense of passion. Apparently songwriter Jonathan Mann disagrees...
...Johnathan Mann were Sting, "Hey Paul Krugman" would be his "Roxanne." His "Layla." His "Hey Jude." Sure, Mann writes a new song every day - on everything from the decline of print media to Battlestar Galactica - but those tunes are just fluff. "Paul Krugman" is his Pet Sounds...
Read about a love song to Paul Krugman...
...bank didn't mention the nasty spat that has broken out between the U.S and Mexico; the U.S. has stopped a program that allowed Mexican trucks on American roads, and Mexico has retaliated with tariff increases. Said World Bank president Robert Zoellick: "Leaders must not heed the siren song of protectionist fixes. Economic isolationism can lead to a negative spiral of events such as those we saw in the 1930s, which made a bad situation much, much worse...