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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 3/11/2009
Good question
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Tigerhawk asks :  "If the CEOs of banks that take federal money, including those who took federal money only after Hank Paulsen essentially ordered them, have their salary capped at $500,000, under what principle do we allow universities that request federal funding to pay their own ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/10/2009
A Good Question
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — A reader writes: I’m not a Catholic and don’t pretend to know much, if anything, about excommunication. ... Nor do I know much about Catholic doctrine having to do with abortion, but it has been my understanding that the Catholic Church views ... (more) A Good Question
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fivethirtyeight.com - 3/16/2009
Technical Question
— fivethirtyeight.com — Are you guys having trouble with site loading times? Have heard mixed reports from different users over... e-mail. Also, this is me buying time ... I'm trying to enjoy my last few hours in Austin at SxSW and probably will not have anything substantive posted until this evening. (more) Technical Question
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Outside The Beltway | OTB:  CEO Salary Caps: Drawing the Line

Stones Cry Out:  Things Heard: e58v4

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CEO Salary Caps: Drawing the Line
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... wants to know why, if it’s a good idea to cap the salaries of CEOs of companies getting federal bailouts at $500,000 why we shouldn’t do that with universities that get federal funding? Megan McArdle isn’t persuaded by the obvious answer: one is asking to be rescued by the taxpayer and the other is merely providing a service to the government in exchange for a fee.   It’s true that higher education, especially public institutions, are subsidized and not necessarily well managed from a fiscal standpoint.  Still, universities are basically functioning as private contractors.  ...

Things Heard: e58v4
Stones Cry Out — ... Signs and portents. “Those type of people” in heaven? A faith journey, part one of an interview. Stinking liar! A generation speaks? Considering the Frum/Limbaugh matter (and a little pot/kettle action). A list. A real Iron Man. Is Mr Putin a hero of the global warming crowd? Bailouts and salary caps … and Academe? Mr Biden remains clueless.

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