Articles 2014
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Obama Fails Art History and Economics
Bloomberg View, January 31, 2014
President Obama had a perfectly fine message for young people when he spoke at a General Electric plant in Wisconsin yesterday: Learning a skilled trade can be just as lucrative and worthy of respect as getting a college diploma. Unfortunately, that’s not what he said. Instead, he took a cheap shot at the favorite punching bag of people who deride higher education in general and the liberal arts in particular. He attacked art history.
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Is There a Right Way to Have Cancer?
Bloomberg View, January 13, 2014
Cancer is one of those subjects like diet or child-rearing where everyone seems to have a strong opinion about the right way to do things.
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Two Cheers for "First World Problems"
Bloomberg View, January 02, 2014
When United Parcel Service and FedEx missed last-minute Christmas deliveries, gift givers who’d relied on rush service were upset. But instead of public sympathy, their outrage and disappointment elicited ridicule and lectures.Commenters called the procrastinating shoppers foolish and self-indulgent. The incident, many declared, was a “first world problem.”