Achenblog: December 21, 2008 - December 27, 2008
Opportunity Knocking
[Popped into the office and clearly this is a day made for chair surfing in the aisles. Are they ticketing out there on the street, or is this a kinda-holiday? Normally I eat lunch alone, usually at the neighborhood...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 26, 2008; 1:21 PM ET |
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The Right Stimulus
Every year at this time, I like to count my blessings, embrace my loved ones, drink a little eggnog by the glowing hearth and ponder my inexorable degeneration and complete dissipation. When you have a nice annual tradition, it's...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 24, 2008; 11:27 AM ET |
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Obama as Gym Rat in Chief
Most American men at the age of 47 do not have what are known, in the body-building trade, as "abs." Indeed, the very anatomical existence of "abs" was unknown until about 20 years ago, when various commercial entities and...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 23, 2008; 8:31 AM ET |
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What $850 Billion Will Buy
For those of you impoverished souls who didn't see the print edition today, there's a great graphic on the front page showing the relative cost of big-ticket items in our nation's history. It's a way of trying to get...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 22, 2008; 10:31 AM ET |
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