weekend update

11-21/22-09—Michigan ... came out more hateful [as opposed to Ohio State] in 10 of the 15 tasks. Finally, the Wolverines have something to celebrate. WSJ W4

11/21/09—We’ve been living with the illusion that manufacturing—making things—is so 20th century --Prof. Shaiken, NYT A17

--There are more hired American contractors in [Iran and Afghanistan] than there are military personnel. –Wills, NYRB, Dec. 3, 2009 p 8.

--you must beware of melancholy: it’s a vice.—Flaubert to Guy de Maupassant

--In the meantime, perhaps we should try and think of a name for the new economic system, which certainly isn’t capitalism: that’s remember, is ll about “creative destruction” and the freedom to fail. That’s exactly what we don’t have. The most accurate term would probably be “bankocracy.”—LRB Nov. 5 2009, p26.