If you showed up at Walmart between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving, you could have ordered a Furby Boom! for $29, less than half the list price. It’s a sweetheart deal for people who apparently are on bad terms with their in-laws, hate the Pilgrims, and prefer Furbies to apple pie. Yes, sad […]
Max Ehrenfreund
Max Ehrenfreund is a former Monthly intern and a reporter at The Washington Post. Find him on Twitter: @MaxEhrenfreund
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Readings for Sunday
The Army, the scientific method, and Alan Greenspan.
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Carbon Taxes as a Tool of Monetary Policy
Environmental and economic goals are entirely compatible.
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Malfunctioning Exchanges Show Why Liberals Were Right
Once upon a time, the individual mandate was considered a conservative idea.
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Alexander the All-Seeing
After building an unprecedented surveillance apparatus, Gen. Keith Alexander will retire.
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Good Morning, Jamie Dimon
A $13 billion settlement would be colossal, but criminal prosecutions would mean more.
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We Are All Berliners Now
An apology for the separation of powers.
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McConnell Totally Said No Before Saying No Was Cool
The senator deserves some of the blame his party’s lack of good ideas.
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What Was John Boehner Thinking?
The speaker’s strategy hurt him and the rest of us, too.
