Jan. 14, 2009

Jan. 14, 2009—“as long as I’m here, adherents of Mao’s Little Red Book need not apply.... I just want to make sure we don’t start confining ourselves to, you know, Politburo members because they happen to be a member of some, you know, psychopathic left-wing organizations designed to overthrow the government.”—Brad Schlozman NYT A14

--A judge issued a warrant on Tuesday for Marcus Schrenker, the Indiana investment banker who the authorities say parachuted out of his airplane on Alabama on Sunday trying to fake his death.—NYT A16

--Artists are unreliable; whereas death never lets you down. You would buy shares in death if they were available. –Julian Barnes NYT C8

--American Power is On the Wane—Paul Kennedy—WSJ A13