Walter Hutchens’ Blog

• Memo to Ala Sen Jeff Sessions on claim E. Kagan is unqualified for Supreme Court: you, sir, are an embarassment. #
• The fin reform bill signed today is neither as strong as Dems claim nor an unwarranted gvt invasion of the fin sector, as rad right claims. #
• Talking today about US trade with Indonesia, at event in Bellevue, Wash: http://www.efacw.org/resources/forms/indonesia-trade-7222010.pdf #
• RIP, Daniel Schorr. NYT: Daniel Schorr, Journalist, Dies at 93 – http://nyti.ms/aHa8LJ #

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• Reuters on endless beauty pagent of bankers working on IPO of Ag Bank of China http://bit.ly/cfnJ4U via @niubi #
• This is a big deal. NYT: House and Senate in Deal on Financial Overhaul http://nyti.ms/ahOGzN Prof. Warren, how'd they do? #
• Analysis of deal's direct affects on consumers: http://nyti.ms/aWoDMG Surely Elizabeth Warren gets appointed to head the new agency? #

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• Auburn U in Alabama announces hopes for a China campus: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/06/year_of_the_tiger_auburn_unive.htm #
• Auburn U in Alabama announces hopes for a China campus: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/06/year_of_the_tiger_auburn_unive.html #
• 55 minutes before Brazil scores on North Korea?? #
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cease trading on the NYSE).BBC: http://bit.ly/axwX5W #
• 5 Bellevue, WA High Schools ranked among America's top 100 (and one Alabama h.s. tops list!) http://bit.ly/bvuehs #
• Up early to watch US vs Slovenia. If we don't win this it's a shame . . . #

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• Wise: Does the Internet Make You Smarter? http://on.wsj.com/coR6Mq #
• Reading: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube http://chronicle.com/article/A-Self-Appointed-Teacher-Runs/65793/ #
• RT @RenMedia, FT: China's rise challenges western media – http://bit.ly/awFdCO #
• RT @willrich45 Reading: "Higher education's bubble is about to burst" http://j.mp/a6E8JR More on the college debt debacle. #
• RT @imagethief RT @niubi: Can China Successfully Build Soft Power w/o Global Internet Strategy? http://bit.ly/a44Dg7 Conclusion: No. Agree. #
• Commodity, currency and index trading on eToro http://tcrn.ch/ayNfXI via @TechCrunch #
• US Higher Ed like the housing mkt in 2007? Higher education's bubble is about to burst | Washington Examiner http://bit.ly/aw6dPt #
• Taxes pay profs who give research to publishers who sell it back to taxpayers. Does this make sense in a digital age? http://bit.ly/ds0tBW #

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• Back from Seattle. Found apt. We'll be living in Kirkland. Move around July 1. #
• Good try, Artur (my high school debate partner!) I'd like to think being a Dem hurt more than race in run for Ala gov http://bit.ly/cTjem3 #
• Fascinating xchgs w/ Warren Buffet & Moody's CEO on ratings agencies & fin crisis @ Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission http://bit.ly/9uBuyd #
• Reading NYT: Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt – http://nyti.ms/ccqfmv #
• Reading: US college degrees: Still the best among world's top universities? http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100602/ts_csm/304688 #
• Foursquare Blocked in China on Tiananmen Anniversary, from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/9g2Flb #
• US Dept of State, [Brief] Message on the 21st Anniversary of Tiananmen Square http://bit.ly/boDVaF #
• Distracted by this: WSJ.com – Does the Internet Make You Dumber? http://on.wsj.com/aTNK5C #
• G20 finance minister, no global bank tax, despite US, European support, BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10245212.stm #
• Reading article on US-Chinese higher ed partnerships: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/04/china #
• Isn't it odd that we regard as odd people worried about peak oil? In NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/us/06peak.html #
• G'hed, foreclose! NYT: Owners Stop Paying Mortgages, and Stop Fretting – http://nyti.ms/dvrQnQ #
• "Worst May for stocks, in percentage terms, since 1940" NYT: This Flight to Safety Wasn’t Supposed to Happen – http://nyti.ms/aTqbzT #
• WaMu's bankruptcy expenses top $100M, Seattle Times: http://bit.ly/b58SCH #

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• Great read: Ancestry and genealogy: A journalist named Mozingo wonders about his name – latimes.com http://shar.es/mjbak #
• Several updates posted to http://www.henryhutchens.com/daddy-keeps-a-blog/ #
• Reading: European business schools are planting their flags on American soil, from Inside Higher Ed, http://bit.ly/9Dbesr #
• Teaching class on Global Financial Crisis & its Aftermath @ Univ. of Washington Bothell this summer, July 22 – Aug 20, Tues & Thurs 1-5:30. #
• Mental health screening for study abroad participants a good idea: http://chronicle.com/article/Study-Abroad-Misstep-Reminds/65690/ #
• RT @SpokesmanReview Apple listed as tenant on permits for ex-Eddie Bauer space in downtown Spokane: http://bit.ly/dAem6s #
• Flyer for my summer class on Global Financial Crisis & its Aftermath: http://professorhutchens.net/2010-GFC-UWB.pdf #
• The cover story is I'm in Seattle looking at housing. The truth is that I drove 4+ hours for this succulent eggplant, yuxiang qiezi wansui! #

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