2-18-2010

2-18-2010—Mitt Romney ... is back with a new book in which he warns that if America doesn’t change its ways it could wind up becoming the “France of the 21st century.” We all know that Americans would hate to spend the next 90 years enveloped in serious wine and universal health care... Collins, NYT A21 where are the coneheads when we need them?]
--The 400 highest-earning households in the USA made nearly $435 million in 2007, up 31% from a year earlier [according to IRS data] NYT B11 [o for the days of class war of yore...]
2-17-2010—China sold a record amount of US Treasury holdings in December, ceding its place as the world’s biggest foreign holder of US debt to Japan. WSJ A1 [cui bono?]
--2-15-2010—Timothy Corvidae is a student in the University’s School of Social Work. Corvidae doesn’t identify with any specific gender and uses the pronoun “ze” instead of “he” or “she.” Corvidae is a member of a group of people on campus who face language barriers as a result of their decision not to identify with a specific gender. Though these individuals represent a minority of students, their cause has recently made its way to the forefront of campus discussion. –MICHIGAN DAILY, A1 [o for the days of class war of yore...][and as a German I’m pissed because nobody is acknowledging German’s third gender, neuter...]