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BLOG ROLL
Stuff We Like: The Gospel according to Obama, incoming monster of the Midway, and recession rebound strategies
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO OBAMA
“Ritual on Jesus’ Words Includes a Familiar Voice” (New York Times, Apr. 10, 2009)
At last Tuesday’s annual Vermeer String Quartet performance of Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ” at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, it was President Obama’s voice reading the accompanying Gospel (Matthew 27:51–54)—from a recording made in 2000, when he was a senior lecturer in the Law School.
INCOMING MONSTER OF THE MIDWAY
“Driscoll Shows Fight” (Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 10, 2009)
Quarterback Steve Schwabe, a senior at a small Catholic school in west suburban Addison, Illinois, heads to the University of Chicago this fall.
RECESSION-REBOUND STRATEGIES
“Obama sees 'glimmers of hope'" (Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11, 2009)
Chicago Booth economics and finance professor Anil Kashyap suggests that the government define its strategy and implement it quickly: “They’re going to get one more shot” with Congress.
April 13, 2009
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