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2010-12-02T05:34:37-05:00

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A typo with the force of law

Last updated on: December 2, 2010 at 5:34 am By Gene Veith

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A Virginia man sped by a stopped school bus, violating this law: “A person is guilty of reckless driving who fails to stop, when approaching from any direction, any school bus which is stopped on any highway, private road or school driveway for the purpose of taking on or discharging children.” Read it carefully. “Who fails to stop”a school bus?” The law was supposed to read “who fails to stop at” a school bus. The word “at” was inadvertently left... Read more

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2010-12-02T05:15:32-05:00

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Monopoly vs. Settlers of Catan

Last updated on: December 2, 2010 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Once again, this blog scoops the mainstream press. You might remember a discussion of Monopoly vs. Settlers of Catan between my brother and tODD not too long ago. Finally the Washington Post takes up these board games, only without the depth of analysis: More than 275 million copies of Monopoly have been sold, remarkable for a game that’s not particularly well designed. I don’t mean the graphics (which are bold and appealing) or the components (which I remember being sturdier... Read more

2010-12-02T05:00:20-05:00

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Lessons from Ireland’s economic collapse

Last updated on: December 2, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Ireland may have saved civilization at one time, but now Ireland may be pulling down the European economic system. Robert Samuelson explains what is going on with the Irish economic collapse and the European bailout of yet another country in the Euro-zone: That Ireland, after Greece, has come to grief is ironic. Until recently, it was admiringly dubbed the Celtic Tiger for emulating Asian countries in attracting foreign investment – Intel and others – and achieving rapid export-led growth. From... Read more

2010-12-01T06:00:50-05:00

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Is America exceptional, or what?

Last updated on: December 1, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The latest ideological buzzword is “exceptional,” as in, “America is exceptional.” Republicans Mitt Romney, Mike Pence, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich are accusing Democrats–and President Obama in particular–of not believing in “American exceptionalism.” See this rather biased article for an overview of the phenomenon: Conservatives’ new focus: America, the exceptional. What does it mean to say that America is exceptional? Does it mean, as the article says, that America is the best of all countries, or does it... Read more

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American exceptionalism

2010-12-01T05:30:41-05:00

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The “tax expenditures” solution

Last updated on: December 1, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Here is another proposal for how to cut the deficit. This one suffers from a toxic premise: There is a way to cut budget deficits without raising tax rates. “Tax expenditures” are the special features of U.S. income tax law that subsidize mortgage borrowing, health insurance, local government spending and more. Although these subsidies are a form of government spending, they are counted as reduced tax revenue rather than increased government outlays. Yet tax expenditures increase the deficit by hundreds... Read more

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2010-12-01T05:01:45-05:00

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Why “socialist” gets spam filtered

Last updated on: December 1, 2010 at 5:01 am By Gene Veith

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tODD has solved the mystery of why comments on this blog that mention “socialism” or its variants get treated like spam, exiled into a spam world until they are “released” whenever I think to check it. Look closely at that word. Specifically its third through sixth letters. Do you notice the brand name of a “male enhancement product”? One that is marketed on obnoxious TV commercials and is sold through shady internet sites? The word is ubiquitous in spam, and any... Read more

2010-11-30T06:00:29-05:00

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Religion means "be careful"

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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In a discussion of how Roman Catholic church bureaucracy and the American Academy of Religion both try to keep the lid on supernatural experiences, the notable Lutheran sociologist Peter Berger cites some interesting etymology: Sociologists who deal with religion often like to refer to the etymology of the Latin word religio. Supposedly it derives from the verb religare—to re-bind. If so, this points to a very valid insight, most fully formulated by the classical sociologist Emile Durkheim—namely, that religion provides... Read more

2010-11-30T05:45:10-05:00

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Diplomatic catastrophe

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Wikileaks is releasing to the public a quarter of a million classified documents. This latest batch isn’t so much about atrocities in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It mainly consists of confidential reports by diplomats that contain unflattering and sometimes snarky comments about world leaders, including important allies. The reports lack “diplomacy.” As a result, we have a diplomatic catastrophe on our hands. For a sampling of what they contain, here is a list of breathless headlines from the Drudge... Read more

2010-11-30T05:30:11-05:00

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Medicare crisis

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Part of the new federal health care plan will be funded by cuts to Medicare, the existing government program that pays for health care for the elderly. Already, though, an increasing number of doctors are refusing to take on Medicare patients because the payments are too low. And starting on January 1 those payments are scheduled to be cut a whopping 25%. From The Washington Post: Want an appointment with kidney specialist Adam Weinstein of Easton, Md.? If you’re... Read more

2010-11-30T05:15:19-05:00

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How government agencies avoid competitive bidding

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Are you an Eskimo from Alaska? Are you part Eskimo? Do you know an Eskimo? (That term, by the way, according to Wikipedia is NOT pejorative when referring to the Alaskan tribes.) If so, you can start a company and get a government contract without having to compete for it. Then you can sub-contract the actual work to other companies, pocketing millions for yourself. That’s one of the ways the federal procurement process avoids having to comply with time-consuming but... Read more

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