By Sherman Dorn on December 2, 2010
It's the tail end of the semester, which means I have to fight off a horrid case of Shiny Bright Object Syndrome. I need to remind myself that the reason why I have an almost-irresistible urge to blog on a number of topics, read great books, attempt the Bartok or Penderecki viola concertos,* and try […]
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By Sherman Dorn on December 2, 2010
We have a bipartisan consensus that the short-term deficit should be made smaller and the long-term deficit should be made bigger even when all the economic logic points in the opposite direction. via Yglesias » Tax Cut Mania. "But we need to appreciate that we have two deficits," [Andy] Stern says. "A fiscal deficit, and […]
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Two program notes
By Sherman Dorn on December 2, 2010
It's the tail end of the semester, which means I have to fight off a horrid case of Shiny Bright Object Syndrome. I need to remind myself that the reason why I have an almost-irresistible urge to blog on a number of topics, read great books, attempt the Bartok or Penderecki viola concertos,* and try […]
Posted in Education policy, Random comments, The academic life