Afternoon on a Hill

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The status quo in Washington has fought us every step of the way…They engineered a strategy of gridlock in Congress..and what they’re counting on now is that you’re going to be so fed up… that you’ll give up.. and put them back in power. They’re betting on cynicism…My bet is on you… If the price of peace in Washington is cutting deals that will kick students off financial aid.. or let insurance companies discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions — I’m not going with that. That’s too high a price to pay. That’s not bipartisanship. That’s not change. That’s just surrendering to the same status quo… I’m not ready to give up on the fight.

President Obama’s new closing argument on Friday.

via Ari Melber

(via election)

[annahoffman]

A must-read. Fascinating. 

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A great piece on Apartment Therapy (not by me!) about the wonderful Vera Neumann, whose work you are familiar with even if you don't realize it.

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Vindication!

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Another oldie-but-goodie, Adirondack chair history!

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We're re-running some of my Retrospect columns in the next couple weeks. Enjoy!

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via Manhattan User's Guide

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Makes me SO. MAD.

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Really well-done article about how Obama "has been neither what his allies nor his critics expected."

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Fascinating and makes sense...

via @moorehn

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Ms. Brown had never held an editing job, but her influence on Cosmopolitan was swift and certain: she did not so much revamp the magazine as vamp it.

Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan Editor, Dies at 90 - NYTimes.com

I am putting in my will that Margalit Fox must write my obit.

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"One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: it's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't have any control over the action going on upstairs."

Robert Hughes

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15 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence. 

Try all 15!

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Mindblowing.