He spends almost no time on politics. He entertains often because he must (i.e., for business reasons or on account of his wife) and, under much the same compulsion, he attends cultural events. He does little reading outside of newspapers, newsmagazines, reports, and trade papers. (For a notable exception, see “Texas Eastern’s Naff,” page 108.) He drinks, if he drinks at all, moderately and on a schedule. Alcoholism, it is clear, does not go with success and is to be found only among some executives’ bored wives. Extramarital relations in the top American business world are not important enough to discuss.

—How top executives lived in 1955. Apparently.

@rascouet explains Libor and why you should care

This kind of clear, concise writing is exactly why we hired Anna as our first editor for Evening Edition.

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bartcop.com

Supporters of [voter ID] laws cite anecdotal cases of fraud as a reason that states need to do more to secure elections, but fraud appears to be rare. As part of its effort to build support for voter ID laws, the Republican National Lawyers Association last year published a report that identified some 400 election fraud prosecutions over a decade across the entire country. That’s not even one per state per year.

ID laws would not have prevented many of those cases because they involved vote-buying schemes in local elections or people who falsified voter registrations.

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Part of a good overview of what tighter voter ID laws could mean for this election.

I think of voter ID laws in much the same way that I think of capital punishment, a draconian attempt to solve a social ill that adversely affects people who already tend to be marginalized.

Jack Cheng is a wonderful thinker and writer. I bet his novel is great and you can help get it published.

You’ll be shocked to learn that 9 of the 10 biggest beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act are red states

And the states that will benefit least? Eight of ten are blue.

Man writes novel, gets panned by NY Times, has prolonged email conversation with Times editor in the voice of one of his main characters, helps Times craft a devastating correction to the book review, then launches into an elegaic rumination on “ghost friends."

motherjones:

You know, just your typical sort of short essay that we happen to like a lot.

Well, I definitely need to read that book now

The biggest factor driving Twitter today is that it wants to remain an independent company. There were previous opportunities to become part of Google or Facebook or whatever, but now Twitter wants to remain its own property. To become a strong, independent company, Twitter must build a large, profitable business, sooner than later — or the dream is over. It’s possible, but it will require change, which makes people uncomfortable.

—Dan Frommer’s Understanding Twitter is, as always, a good, smart read.