The Baffler,  July 18, 2014

Daily Bafflements

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Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch in 2009 / Photo by Greg Hernandez

• “For my money, insecurity, depression, etc., can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4 a.m., and the pop of a champagne cork.” —Elaine Stritch.

City Limits reports on a non-profit drug-education program that’s acting as a Trojan horse for Scientologist ideology.

• Today in Billionaires: Here you can read up on the War of the Billionaires over climate change. We can’t wait to see who wins!

Bloomberg brings us the news that there have been more “F-bombs” in the workplace, and that they have been more tolerated generally, since the recession began. Well, it’s pretty fucking obvious why, isn’t it?

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