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Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:55 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:23 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/gary-silverman http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/garysilverman http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4eff6fa4-bd6a-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Who cares about climate change and other real threats to life and limb when there’s a plague of scandals to ponder Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4eff6fa4-bd6a-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4eff6fa4-bd6a-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5eae7514-b895-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Amid talk that JPMorgan might find an independent chairman, I find it difficult to think of an actual person who could oversee its chief Thu, 09 May 2013 18:29:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5eae7514-b895-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5eae7514-b895-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3d7ea68-b255-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tempting though it is to attribute a weird story to a weird place, the reality is that it is a symptom of a national condition, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 02 May 2013 18:22:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3d7ea68-b255-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e3d7ea68-b255-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6c070b4-ac1d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It can take a moment of malice to awaken people to their own strength and goodness but the pain lingers, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:56:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6c070b4-ac1d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c6c070b4-ac1d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c4a021c-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct You have to be pretty old to remember when the American rightwing had the gravitas of the Thatcher-Reagan years, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:32:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c4a021c-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6c4a021c-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e22a548-9aeb-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The foes of gay wedlock essentially argue that the institution of marriage would be stronger in America if fewer people were involved in it, write Gary Silverman Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:29:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e22a548-9aeb-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4e22a548-9aeb-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/731fcfba-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The star banker’s witty ripostes have proved no match for a flurry of punchy one-liners from the senate corner, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:07:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/731fcfba-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 731fcfba-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d49c524e-8683-11e2-b907-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct New York is buzzing over the stock market’s record high but turning a blind eye to its growing number of homeless people, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:54:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d49c524e-8683-11e2-b907-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d49c524e-8683-11e2-b907-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0349cef2-80dd-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Red Menace is alive and well in the imagination of Senator Ted Cruz, one of Harvard’s more outstanding products, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:44:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0349cef2-80dd-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0349cef2-80dd-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95be0c20-7a99-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Restaurants too tight to provide health cover prepare to offer an extra helping of germs, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:35:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95be0c20-7a99-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 95be0c20-7a99-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15dad5b8-6fc4-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The childhood belief in magical payments in return for discarded teeth appears to linger in financial circles, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:05:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15dad5b8-6fc4-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 15dad5b8-6fc4-11e2-8785-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bcbd2974-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Cosmo’s darling of 1982 presents himself a man of the now with a 21st century fat thumb, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:35:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bcbd2974-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct bcbd2974-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19f6ebe8-661c-11e2-b967-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Giving steak to apologise for poor service shows retailing instinct bankers rarely display. I hope it sets an industry standard, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:32:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19f6ebe8-661c-11e2-b967-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 19f6ebe8-661c-11e2-b967-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63153088-5fdb-11e2-8d8d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct What’s missing these days is the experience of searching for sounds that move you in the company of actual people, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:18:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63153088-5fdb-11e2-8d8d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 63153088-5fdb-11e2-8d8d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63abaa1e-5a76-11e2-bc93-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Opposition to aid for victims of superstorm Sandy highlights the division between people on the coasts and those inland, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:11:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63abaa1e-5a76-11e2-bc93-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 63abaa1e-5a76-11e2-bc93-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06a57cca-5597-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Jacking up salaries could be a step in the right direction if it served to attract a better calibre of political representatives, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:37:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06a57cca-5597-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 06a57cca-5597-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25739532-486e-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There would be no shortage of good uses for the revenue raised and we must try to prevent the kind of results we saw in Newtown, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25739532-486e-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 25739532-486e-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2509ff92-448f-11e2-932a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct While many of today’s GOP talk a good game, the current crop of conservative US leaders is proving to be surprisingly flighty, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:30:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2509ff92-448f-11e2-932a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2509ff92-448f-11e2-932a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfe6b242-3f99-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The little 101er with the inquiring mind and sound grasp of life in America presents a test for modern China, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:30:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfe6b242-3f99-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct dfe6b242-3f99-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0bab238-33ed-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Change is in the air but the progressive turn in US culinary affairs has been more pronounced than the one in politics, writes Gary Silverman Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:59:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0bab238-33ed-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_gary-silverman%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a0bab238-33ed-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0