Finally got around to “The Rise of the New Global Elite,” Chrystia Freeland’s telling profile of the Asshole Class in the January/February Atlantic Monthly. It’s hard to fault Freeland’s prose, given that (as the former “superstar” editor of the Financial Times, now at Reuters) her livelihood depends on continued access to the wealthiest plutocrats...
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in 2009 the FBI investigated 5,316 bank robberies, recovering approximately $8 million out of a total of $46 million that had been stolen—less than a week’s pay for Paulson.
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Good news, taxpayers! The tax burden on the 400 most accomplished Americans—the linchpins of our modern economy—has fallen precipitously over the past two decades, even as their earnings have increased. They used to make only about 3,000 times more than the rest of us, back in the dark, socialist days of 1992, under President...
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OC Alternatives Sizzlin’ Summer Calendar: Assateague Island National Seashore, North Point State Park, Rehoboth Beach, and more 5/15/2013
Real-Life Embarassing Sex Stories Feature: Submitted by City Paper readers 2/13/2013
Charm Offensive Feature: Meet the unpaid, underappreciated, and underprotected stars of underwear football By Violet Levoit 5/22/2013
Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
Sage Advice Eats and Drinks: Mount Washington spot survives a year, but must refine for the long haul By John Houser III 5/22/2013