Category Archives: Collapse

Shades Of Phil Collins

Posted on March 14, 2013 by laura

On my way home from the gym, I heard a young man respond to another as the two crossed paths in front of my metro stop. I didn’t hear the solicitation, but it was clear to me when the man … Continue reading →

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Advertisement: Join The One Percent

Posted on April 27, 2012 by laura

The gym where I work out recently added Bloomberg TV on the overhead monitors. I was surprised to see a parody of the Occupy Wall Street movement in this tongue-in-cheek commercial suggesting that viewers could use Interactive Brokers and join … Continue reading →

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A Message To Wall Street From 1862

Posted on October 8, 2011 by laura

Slate ran an article last month about homesteaders of the last century, Oh snap!: Homesteader Postcards, The Facebook of 1906.

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The West Is Not Having An Arab Spring

Posted on September 22, 2011 by laura

At the gym on Monday, the overhead TVs were showing scenes of fierce fighting near Sirte in Libya. I was riveted to the soundless images of the CNN journalists and revolutionary fighters who were caught in a sudden attack. With … Continue reading →

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Omens

Posted on August 3, 2011 by laura

On my way to work his morning I passed two policemen photographing the scene. Looking up, I could barely make out the victims, dangling motionlessly in the gray morning sky.

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