Christopher Hayeshttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008-12-31T11:24:32ZChristopher Hayeschristopherlhayes@gmail.comBlog by The Nation contributing writing, Christopher Hayes.41.898105-87.701967Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesI Shall Be Released
2008-12-31T11:24:32Zhttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/31/i-shall-be-released/
<p>Happy New Year’s!</p>
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2008-12-29T08:00:33Zhttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/29/some-opinions-recent-things-ive-seen-and-read/
<p>Miss me? Sorry for the hiatus, I’ve been taken a little holiday blogging break. Had a lovely Christmas in <span class="caps">NYC</span>, and headed to New Orleans for New Year’s. I’ve managed to see quite a few movies of late, and highly, <i>highly</i> recommend <a href="http://www.google.com/movies/reviews?cid=b1ff1539b4f32c36&hl=en&fq=movie+doubt&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=reviews&cd=1">Doubt</a>. It’s masterfully compressed, the writing is brilliant and the acting is sublime. I also really liked <a href="http://www.frostnixon.net/">Frost/Nixon</a>, though it’s not quite on the same plain.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a lucid, concise and highly readable book that attempts to explain the origins of the current financial crisis, it’s hard to do better than George Cooper’s “The Origin of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy”:<a href="http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12209655">http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12209655</a>. Cooper belongs to the “central-banks-are-to-blame” school, and makes the case quite convincingly. Though it’s important to note that his account is by no means the final word.</p>
<p>Finally, for a dose of fiction: I’m about 100 pages into <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Lethem-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&ref=books">2666</a> the final novel by Chilean writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bola%C3%B1o">Roberto Bolano</a>, who died in 2003 before the novel could be published. His literary executor arranged for its publication, and just recently, the mammoth work was translated into English and is now available here. Like I said, I’m only 100 pages in, but so far it is stunningly good. Wow.</p>http://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/29/some-opinions-recent-things-ive-seen-and-read/Just How Gangsta Is Rod?
2008-12-12T09:19:51Zhttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/12/just-how-gangsta-rod/
<p>Spencer Ackerman shows us. (Very <span class="caps">NSFW</span>)</p>
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2008-12-01T21:29:31Zhttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/01/white-house-pick-anyone/
<p><a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/12/01/team-of-ballers.aspx">Hmmm.</a></p>
<p>Intriguing. I’m really hoping that a) Obama installs a court in the White House and b) I manage to worm my way into one of the pick-up games. In all honesty, I’d take that over an interview any day of the week.</p>http://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/01/white-house-pick-anyone/"Help! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up"
2008-12-01T13:17:43Zhttp://www.chrishayes.org/blog/2008/dec/01/help-ive-fallen-and-i-cant-get/
<p>Derrick Rose is the Truth. (Also, the only reason to watch the Bulls this season, so far.)</p>
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