CJC.org » Ideas http://www.cjc.org/blog Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Spreadsheet of Buying vs. Renting http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/13/google-spreadsheet-of-buying-vs-renting/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/13/google-spreadsheet-of-buying-vs-renting/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:44:21 +0000 Cheng http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/13/google-spreadsheet-of-buying-vs-renting/ The Big Picture has a pointer to this Google Spreadsheet of a buying versus renting cost comparison: . It’s neat, but you have to save a copy to your own Google ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/07/08/77-changes-nothing/feed/ 0 Kennan, Realism, NPR and Iraq http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/kennan-realism-npr-and-iraq/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/kennan-realism-npr-and-iraq/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:58:39 +0000 Cheng /?p=128954 This morning, we woke to NPR’s obituary and discussion of George Kennan, father of Cold War containment. This piece began by noting that Kennan regretted the costs of containment ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/18/kennan-realism-npr-and-iraq/feed/ 19 Cows vs. The Gates http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/05/cows-vs-the-gates/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/03/05/cows-vs-the-gates/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:25:48 +0000 Cheng /?p=128948 In terms of the big public arts projects in New York, I kind of liked the cows more than the Gates, now that I think about it. As noted, ...

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