James wasn’t always the alpha male he would become. After an early growth spurt in elementary school, the rest of the school caught up to him, and by the eighth grade he was shorter than most of his classmates — including Little Petey, who was now going by the name Angry Pete aka Gorilla Man [...]
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The Surowieckipedia – Rough times
10 Dec 2011James Surowiecki wonders how many banks will become insolvent.
07 May 2009I’m thinking four… Okay, maybe not four. Maybe just three. Actually… Hmm. All of a sudden, I’m really not sure. Let’s start at the beginning. All right, Bank of America, definitely, right? They’re just a bunch of wild men over there. Okay, so that’s one. Citigroup — that bank’s gone way down in hole. Can’t [...]
George Packer quotes Irving Kristol on populism.
15 Apr 2009“Populism? Gay.” -Irving Kristol (Actual post here)
James Surowiecki looks at the new unemployment numbers.
08 Apr 2009Whoa! Hoppity hoppity boom boom! Chooparoo chooparee! Fraggledy smaggledy whizzerino! Gadfly pudding! Tse tse whiz-bang! Jerk chicken in a pita! I haven’t seen numbers this high since I weighed Marlon Brando! Too soon. Since I weighed William Howard Taft! Too late. Since I weighed Orson Welles! Just right. Man, these numbers are so high they [...]
Hilton Als just can’t stop watching Helen Mirren in “Prime Suspect”
07 Mar 2009I’m writing this on my iPhone. I’ve been in this room for 36 hours and I don’t see an exit. I don’t know how I got here or where I am, and I don’t know who put me in here. This room, it’s so white. So clean. I can’t breathe, it’s so white in here. [...]
James Surowiecki will not be watching Jerry Seinfeld’s new TV show
28 Feb 2009I’m sorry, Jerry, but, much as I loved Bee Movie, I don’t have time for film and television anymore. I’m far too busy working on the project that has become my lifeblood — the Surowieckipedia. For decades, people have asked me questions about myself — how I’m doing, where I’m from, where I went to [...]
Evan Osnos discovers China’s definition of “Western food”
23 Feb 2009Spaghetti.
Nick Paumgarten knows why New York smells like maple syrup
23 Feb 2009I often stroll the windy canyons of Park Avenue with scarf tight, hands jammed in pockets, and winter cap secure, leaving only my nose exposed to the New York air. This, naturally, leads me to dwell upon the scents I encounter during my flâneur, and, of late, I have noticed a preponderance of maple in [...]
