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November 2017

November 05, 2017

SALT and Self-Government

or, "Why Democrats should oppose the state and local tax deduction." (Part I in commentary...

November 04, 2017

Jeff Bezos, non-philanthropist

In the Tribune yesterday, "For Amazon's Bezos, philanthropy is 'saved for later'", which turns the...

November 03, 2017

Literacy matters for new citizens, too

Regular readers will know that my husband is German. As it happens, he's in the...

November 02, 2017

About the Russian Troll Farm

So remember that scene from The Avengers where the Loki says some things to various...

November 01, 2017

R.I.P., Trick or Treat?

Trigger warning -- for those who are triggered by statements without solid data! Trick-or-treating, it...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Is Scouting for White People?

Some time ago, I read a book titled "Is Marriage for White People?" which used...

October 27, 2017

Catalonian Independence

Actually, this is something about which I have no strong opinion. The Catalonian parliament has...

October 25, 2017

Sometimes, you just need a porg

Now my car is in the shop. Here's the story: since the weekend, it had...

October 24, 2017

My Beef with Social Security (plus: a question)

This is a bit of a follow-up to the GAO report I wrote about over...

October 23, 2017

What Happened to Children’s Books?

You have perhaps heard of the dust-up at Kirkus Reviews, in which a dystopian novel...

October 21, 2017

An independent commission to discuss retirement security? Yes, please!

Hooray! The GAO read the Jane Plan and wants to implement it. Or maybe they've...

October 21, 2017

Let’s stop encouraging homeownership

So, it turns out, the big adventure of the past week in the Actuary home...

October 19, 2017

Jane’s Three-Step Guide to Surviving Trumpism

Step 1: Lower your expectations. Still upset with Trump? Still fuming about his claim, for...

October 18, 2017

“Co-ed BSA”? How ’bout cutting the Scouts some slack, eh?

The Boy Scouts, it's been reported, are going co-ed. Well, not really. Don't believe what...

October 15, 2017

Let’s talk about suicide

Regular readers will recall that my husband is in the peculiar situation of being a gun-owning...

October 14, 2017

From the library: The Unbanking of America, by Lisa Servon

Some time ago, I read a book, which I really thought I had blogged about,...

October 13, 2017

The Cost-Sharing Reduction Payment elimination – right, and yet . . .

The news today is that Trump has eliminated the Cost-Sharing Reduction payments. This is a...

October 12, 2017

Instant Pot Update

Here's an update on the Instant Pot, which I purchased back in July: I am...

October 12, 2017

Do you have a personal experience with a payday or similar loan?

Spoiler alert on a future blog post: I am reading about payday loans and am...

October 11, 2017

Girl Cub Scouts – update

So our local Boy Scout district had its roundtable -- the monthly meeting for adult...

October 10, 2017

Yes, I am secretly Team Detroit for the HQ2

It's completely implausible. Detroit is a wreck in all sorts of ways -- the functional...

October 09, 2017

About those “soda tax” commercials

The "soda tax" (or "soda pop tax" or "sweetened beverage tax") is scheduled to end...

October 09, 2017

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Intermarriage, and the Future of Whiteness

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates got some pushback in the New York Times over the weekend in...

October 07, 2017

A “stay at home mom” observation

So once a month, my husband and I participate in a "CFM group" -- that...

October 06, 2017

The Las Vegas Killer: Why?

Paddock has gone to great lengths to ensure that there is no explanation -- nothing...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Bruce Rauner, Scorpion

That's a folktale that shows up every now and again. It's in the form of...

September 28, 2017

Don’t waive the Jones Act!

If you're like me, your twitter feed and facebook timeline have been chock full of...

September 26, 2017

Fixing Puerto Rico

Why has Puerto Rico been so debt-ridden?

September 25, 2017

Remember: Football is Entertainment

That's the bottom line. President Trump says that NFL owners should fire players who refuse...

September 22, 2017

Whatever Happened to the 20-Hour Workweek?

In the 1960s, it was predicted that our workdays would be halved.

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