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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Lebanese Recipe For Economic Health: Go With What You Know
/29 Comments/in Economics, emptywheel/by emptywheelIt seems that whether it is Henry Paulson, Tim Geithner or the yammering dipsticks on CNBC, it seems the there has been a headlong rush to seek analysis, wisdom and solutions from the very self proclaimed geniuses that put the US and the world in the problem to start with. Aren’t there any big bankers/finance ministers that really got it right? Yes, his name is Riad Toufic Salame and he is Lebanon’s Central Banker.
Louisiana Gubernatorial Sitcom
/105 Comments/in Culture, emptywheel/by emptywheelI tell you what, those Republicans may not have squat for rational ideas, but they sure have some humor. Heck, it was less than two days ago we were watching Steele and Boner in “DC Vice”. Fear not intrepid viewers, these jokers are bringin da funny all over. Now we have the humor of Lo
Down On The Border: State Of War In Mexico
/95 Comments/in Culture, emptywheel, Foreign Policy, Law/by emptywheelVia Laura Rozen comes reference to a chilling piece by Sam Quinones in Foreign Policyon the drug smuggling violence that has escalated to a total state of war rivaling levels in Iraq. it is easy to forget what is going on just across the border. Easy, at least, until you take in Sam Quinones’ tale:
Is This Healthcare Reform Or Just Assistance To Health Corps?
/84 Comments/in Bingo, Democrats, emptywheel, Health Policy/by emptywheelI have a busy morning here, but want to draw attention to an article this morning in the New York Times by Robert Pear on the ongoing discussions of healthcare reform for the United States:Since last fall, many of the leading figures in the nation’s long-running health care debate have been meeting secretly in a Senate hearing room. It is not not a great plan they appear to be cooking up.