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Kevin Draper
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Reporter at the New York Times

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I won’t speak for anybody else on staff, but for my beliefs at least, you’re mistaken in thinking they’re rooted in free market orthodoxy. I support some forms of corporate welfare if there is a legitimate argument that it benefits the public: the government pouring money into private companies that develop Read more

If you’ve got one of those somewhat artsy theaters nearby, Hunt for the Wilderpeople was wonderful. Read more

I’ve enjoyed archery much more than I would’ve expected. Read more

The office fridge situation is SO COMPLICATED! There are two refrigerators (maybe three?) but from the outside they just look like the other drawer/pantry things next to them. And then I think the refrigerator on the right is for people to put their home-brought lunches, and then the one on the left has like eight Read more

Burneko was mostly right. The green water shit has been an actual infrastructure problem that has affected competition, but all of the other “bad” things—media bus hit with bullets/rock, volunteers not showing up, low attendance—don’t impact the viewer at home. Read more

It is the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. Manu is a 100 percent lock. Read more

Like everywhere else on the internet, many people here comment without reading the article or just to shoe horn a preconception. Read more