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        <title>Ben Guest’s Blog</title>
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            <title>More David Simon</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:32:39 -0700</pubDate>         
            
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      Here are some more interviews with David Simon posted on my delicious page.      &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:55:12 -0700</pubDate>         
            
            <description>     As part of the press for the series finale of The Wire, co-creator David Simon did several in-depth interviews.  Enjoy.   NPR   Newsweek   AV Club   Salon   Marc Steiner   Alan Sepinwall    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:28:00 -0700</pubDate>         
            
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     There are two types of people in the world: those who have discovered The Wire and those who haven&#39;t.  For those who haven&#39;t, The Wire is the greatest achievement of filmed artistic expression ever created.  Tonight is the final episode...  Here ...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:20:51 -0700</pubDate>         
            
            <description>     Per Pupil Spending of Public Schools in the U.S.   Forbes List of America&#39;s Best and Worst Paying Jobs (referenced here).   The Wire, David Simon, and Civil Disobedience in opposition to the &quot;War on Drugs.&quot;   Seven Conspiracy Theories that Actuall...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:42:26 -0800</pubDate>         
            
            <description>     Give Kucinich his due.   Intense, well-written account of the soldiers of Battle Company, waging a losing fight with insurgents in Afghanistan.  And with the pressures of five and six tours in combat:   As Giunta said, “The richest, most-trained a...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:28:24 -0800</pubDate>         
            
            <description>     Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000?  Answer here, in a piece called &quot;Why People believe Weird Things About Money.&quot;  The School of Education...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <title>Book Review-Homicide</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:24:14 -0800</pubDate>         
            
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     I have said many times that David Simon and Alan Moore are the world’s two greatest living writers.  Alan Moore writes, mostly, comic books (or, as high brow reviewers call them, &quot;Graphic Novels”), although saying Moore writes comic books is like...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:18:48 -0800</pubDate>         
            
            <description>     Great interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire.  My favorite quote:  Our social framework is &quot;Can I get I promoted now, can I make a buck off it?&quot; The entire country right now is like a pyramid scheme with no other ethic or social framework...    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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