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What I learned by reading Businessweek's incredible 38,000-word article on code
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Business Insider ^
| 06/14/2015 | MATT ROSOFF
Bloomberg Businessweek has devoted an entire issue to a single article: Paul Ford's "What is Code?" I read the whole thing online this afternoon, and it's remarkable. I
could see it being taught in journalism classes years from now, like Gay Talese's "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" or John Hersey's "Hiroshima." It takes something both very important and hard to understand, and makes it understandable to an audience of smart but nonexpert readers. It does this incredibly well. It mostly feels like fun, not work.
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Ted Cruz’s claim that the IRS tax code has more words than the Bible
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Washington Post ^
| March 11 at 3:00 AM | Michelle Ye Hee Lee
“On tax reform, we, right now, have more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible — not a one of them as good.”–Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), speech at International Association of Fire Fighters legislative conference, March 10, 2015Comparing the number of words in the U.S. tax code with
the number in the Bible is a common theme among conservatives who fault the tax code for being overly burdensome. In fact, the claim has been made in some variation for at least 10 years. We tracked down a similar comparison by Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in...
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The N-Word, Updated: 6 Code Words or Terms That Often Mean the Same Thing
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Atlanta BlackStar ^
| November 11, 2014 | Thomas L. Scott
Thug As Richard Sherman pointed out after receiving criticism about his post Super Bowl interview, “It seems like [thug] is the acceptable way of calling someone the n word nowadays. Substituting
the word thug doesn’t disguise the negative association with Black people.” Urban/Inner City The Black community is often referred to as urban or inner city when people are uncomfortable talking about Black people or where they live. State’s Rights During the Civil Rights Movement, politicians used racially coded appeals and words such as “state’s rights” to try and capitalize on the racial anxiety during that time. Welfare and Food...
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