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...great thing about the U.S. is it doesn't matter what your last name is. We live in this diverse, pluralistic country where people are accepted for who they are. And I think that's one of the great gifts America has to offer to the world. I got from my dad an immigrant's love for this country, because he knew that that wasn't true everywhere...
...here's the thing: the more interested I get in Famous Writer's life, the less interested I am in my own. I'm in danger of paying more attention to her dog and her meals and her friends than I do to mine. My powers of concentration, never formidable, are deteriorating. I've always got one eye on Famous Writer's Twitter feed, waiting for the interruption that will distract me from my own, nonfamous existence. I think I'm in danger of mistaking my connection to Famous Writer for an actual human relationship instead of what...
...asked Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby why Americans should trust members of Congress who can't manage their own personal finances. And the suggestion by Larry Summers, President Barack Obama's economic adviser, that Americans should start buying cars again to help jolt the economy was "the most irresponsible thing anybody could say," said Orman. "Mr. Summers, I am so sorry. I understand we have to spur the economy of the U.S., but don't do it off the people who don't have jobs, who don't have a pot to pee in." She went on: "Sir, there...
...Winning games late in the season, let alone pulling out close ones late in the game, has never been Harvard’s thing. Finally...
...don’t we give up this whole blogging thing and just start a website cataloguing the crackpot websites started by Harvard students. (Remember Gossip Geek? Or Yard Report? We don't either.) Apparently there’s money in anything you can buy a domain name...