The Great Ganesha

Apparently, in Albert Brooks’ last film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World there’s someone in a call center in Delhi who answers the phone by saying: “This is the White House. How may I direct your call?”
Timothy Noah, a Slate columnist, writes that
According to a study released in March by the Government Accountability Office, [...]

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No, I’m not talking about some groundbreaking research done by some post-doctoral fellows to invent VoIP. I’m talking about two great bargains. They’re both cheap and provide excellent value for money. Harvard economist Larry Freeman writes about what a great bargain post-docs are:
The United States could hardly ask for a more cost-effective way to advance [...]

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