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...could think of Krugman as a sort of highbrow version of [a magician]who goes around telling the real story of how rivals bend spoons." - Michael Hirsch, Newsweek...
...last. Trying to predict whether the stock market will go up or down on any given day is a fool's game, but one thing is for sure: we live in highly volatile times. Wild swings to the upside may feel great, but they're still wild swings. That sort of dramatic movement can go both up and down, as we have witnessed...
...Night of Stars” on Friday night clearly aimed to make good on this dream, and the resulting evening was a somewhat disproportionate amalgam with occasional bursts of fireworks.The program opener was Jorma Elo’s “In on Blue,” a sort of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in water, evoking a fairy underworld and land of mer-people. Elo, a Finnish choreographer and the acclaimed “successor” to William Forsythe, evidently takes transition to the modern very seriously: the ballet featured...
...novels in different countries?JC: Yes, the reading demographic in different countries varies enormously. In Korea and Japan apparently lots of punks read my books. In Russia they’re popular among both university students and women. In Italy, France, and Sweden the books are categorized as a sort of “surreal noir” and the hipster crowds there buy them. The variety delights me and I often find myself grinning like a child when I hear who likes them.—Interview conducted, condensed and edited by Rebecca A. Schuetz.—Staff...
...wound up spending a long time in the salon, though I didn't have to ask many questions. Just about everyone seemed to have a strong opinion. It was the sort of place where everyone knows one another in a small-town way, and they all talk and laugh and say outrageous things. Renee Martin, the salon's owner, told me she and her husband disagree so strongly, they can't even talk about the election anymore. And that was surprising because at first she was afraid of Obama. "What had me scared," she explained, "was the whole thing about...