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WaPo's Goldfarb to cover SEC
The Washington Post's Zachary Goldfarb will be moving over to the SEC beat, where he'll be "chronicling the efforts of Mary Schapiro, the new head of the SEC, to remake the financial markets' regulatory system," according to a staff memo obtained by Politico. Full memo after the ...
The Right and the News
yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I don’t agree with much in this Michael Goldfarb item but the last bit is worth quoting: Still, for online partisan reporting, TPM set the bar pretty high this election. Republicans have no equivalent outlet. Any strategy to revive the ... (more) The Right and the News
Goldfarb Endorses Terrorist Ethics
yglesias.thinkprogress.org — The Weekly Standard ’s Michael Goldfarb makes the case that it’s appropriate and praiseworthy for countries to deliberately target the wives and children of people they consider enemies. This kind of moral posture is not unheard of, of ... (more) Goldfarb Endorses Terrorist Ethics
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