In the Loop: December 18, 2009 Archive

'Twas the Night Before...health-care reform

Posted at 10:46 AM on December 18, 2009 by Jeff Horwich (0 Comments)

The Christmas classic, reworked in honor of a certain Senator from Connecticut:

Um... (for search engine purposes) that would be Joe Lieberman.

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In The Loop: The Economics, Psychology and Anthropology of Santa. (Plus Copenhagen. And Joe Lieberman.)

Posted at 6:10 PM on December 18, 2009 by Jeff Horwich (0 Comments)

It's our sort-of-mostly holiday episode!

Features interviews with Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics, and Carole Slotterback, author of The Psychology of Santa.

Sanden talks with Ethan Trex from Mental Floss on global Santa alternatives from the creepy to the offensive to the scatological.

Plus, Jeff reworks The Night Before Christmas with health-care reform and Joe Lieberman in mind (video).

And in non-holiday news, cartoonist David Gillette (who's been cartooning the climate change summit all week) gives his take on what Copenhagen all adds up to.

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