Reading Around on January 31st

Some additional reading January 31st from 08:49 to 22:46:

• When I was seventeen, it was a very good year – Cristgau usually has tastes similar to mine, 1984 was no exception (though at the time, there was a lot more thrash metal on my playlist; I hadn’t discovered mind-and-ear expanding drugs yet). Plus I only turned 17 in 1986.

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• Harper’s Index: A retrospective of the Bush era (Harper’s Magazine) – Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50

  Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his administration from following: 1,069
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  Number of vehicles in the motorcade that transports Bush to his regular bike ride in Maryland: 6

  Estimated total miles he has ridden his bike as president: 5,400

  Portion of his presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3