And I Can Feel It Building: Failure

By: Spencer Ackerman Monday November 9, 2009 9:30 am

So I had some time to read Moe Tkacik’s essay on Malcolm Gladwell in the Nation, and I found myself caught on a section where she discusses Gladwell kindred spirit Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s infatuation with Enron’s Lou Pai, a man rewarded for perennial failure. She writes: This was certainly likely to interest anyone who bought [...]

In The World Of Politico, Progressives Are Chimeras And Unicorns

By: Spencer Ackerman Tuesday September 1, 2009 10:51 am

you’d think Mike Allen would have a single progressive in his Rolodex


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