News, etc

Feeling a little forgetful in your old age?  Curry may prevent Alzheimer's.   

Funny Fives:  including

Five odd phases I went through

1. Thought I was a ninja (1982)
2. Listened to the overture from Carmen every morning (1988)
3. That weird Bible thing (1981)
4. Dungeons & Dragons (1983)
5. Hiding inside available furniture and fixtures (1972)

Understanding Social Security [by Brad DeLong]

North Korea needs a better slogan.

"No matter what George Bush       may say about wanting two states living peaceably side by side,       there will be no such arrangement; he does not want it. No matter       what Ariel Sharon promises (wink, wink) about working for two       states, there will not be two real states; he in particular does       not want it."

from Counterpunch