Politics Sunday
Nick Spicer asks if BP might have something in common with Captain Ahab.
Apparently, there was a time when presidents weren’t all rich guys.
How an online community saved two Russian women from falling prey to sex traffickers.
Did you know that Costa Rica has a sloth orphanage? Now you do. (No, I’m not above links to videos of adorable animals sometimes. Don’t judge me.)
Is Hugh Hefner “the most influential figure that American popular culture has produced?”
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May 23rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
That presidential finances link was interesting. Also interesting is that two of the last three presidents entered office without much in the way of money, though Clinton’s done very well for himself in the last ten years and Obama made a good chunk just before he went in. I expect he’ll do quite well post-Presidency too.
May 23rd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Yeah, also interesting is that Obama and Clinton made all their money through publishing, of all things.
May 24th, 2010 at 6:21 am
Which tells you a lot about the state of publishing, since it’s also the arena where Sarah Palin has made her pile in the last couple of years.