Felix Salmon
pestering preening potentates
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Craig Brown channels Gladwell — VF
James Meek meets President Obama in Arlington — NYDN
Thanksgiving feast, circa 1881 — NYT
A gorgeous power-of-ten visualization — Utah
Lou Dobbs, in verse — Newsweek
One advantage of citizenship over a green card: authorities can’t threaten you with deportation to get a plea bargain — WSJ
Those Apple-to-buy-Nintendo rumblings are back! — Deal
ISDA’s attempt to fire back at Dodd is a damp squib. Expect no substantive opposition from this front — ISDA
How Providence, R.I. got rid of a freeway and gained valuable real estate — NYT
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Adler’s “padded box” is more suited to those who think opening borders to all compass points will improve a nation.
With respect to Providence, the story states that they are spending $610m to move the highway. As a result, it will create “valuable” parcels worth $60m.
It is any wonder why Rhode Island is nearly bankrupt?