disparate mischief: scrapbook
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
it’s an exciting movie
Colbert even poked fun of the troops by saying, “It must be nice here in Iraq because I understand some of you keep coming back again and again. You’ve earned so many frequent flyer miles, you’ve earned a free ticket to Afghanistan.”
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The College Bubble
“For years, colleges have treated their students as consumers, building ever more elaborate facilities and hiring ever more dazzling star scholars to lure applicants. They did this regardless of how high these investments drove tuition, since easy credit meant families could stretch to cover the costs. But with the credit crisis comes signs that the college bubble is bursting…”
Love Connection: Hamas gets into matchmaking biz
(Found via Tyler Cowen, whom you should be reading regularly.)







