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June 2015

June 27, 2015

Atheism, morality, and social control (with apologies for the dorky post title)

Here's a post in which I try to assemble some ideas I've been thinking about...

June 26, 2015

10 thoughts on Obergefell v. Hodges

In no particular order, some thoughts on the gay marriage decision today. (What, are you...

June 25, 2015

Today’s Recommended Reading

The Federal Government is, therefore, notwithstanding the precautions of those who founded it, naturally so...

June 25, 2015

In other news. . . when does the pursuit of “fairness” go too far?

Here's a non-Obamacare, non-flag news item: the Illinois High School Association, which runs high school...

June 25, 2015

Supreme Court ruling, blah, blah, blah

Subsidies stay. Go read Ann Althouse, who'll be updating with commentary on the opinion later,...

June 24, 2015

Envisioning “no-frills” healthcare – or not

So, remember how my son broke his arm last week? And remember my brief run-down...

June 23, 2015

The Confederate Flag – and Identity

"Identity" -- that's the word of the day, isn't it? Jenner identifying as a woman....

June 22, 2015

Your handy-dandy guide to health care outside the United States

Yeah, OK, that's an ambitious title for what's mostly an unresearched "what I know" type...

June 22, 2015

A different kind of Father’s Day

You know life is changing when. . . the facebook status updates by friends reminiscing...

June 21, 2015

Oh, c*&@: more on prayer

Hi, everyone. Please pray for healing for my friend R., who is undergoing treatment for...

June 21, 2015

Surprising fact: blind schoolchildren aren’t learning Braille

This per The Economist: In 1970 more than half of blind American schoolchildren could read...

June 20, 2015

ISIS = the Charleston Shooter?

Here's a paragraph or two that's not yet thought out or sourced (go read CNN),...

June 19, 2015

What if diversity is not our strength?

A while ago I drafted a post that went something like this: We say this...

June 19, 2015

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – overreach or “meh”?

Here's an article in the WSJ that was being shared on twitter the other day:...

June 18, 2015

The trouble with gratitude

Backstory: my 12-year old son broke his arm on Tuesday. We had a follow-up doctor's...

June 16, 2015

Long day. . .

Well, it started as a fairly routine summer day around here: the oldest left for...

June 16, 2015

Why do we care whether Rachel Dolezal “identifies as black”?

OK, yes, that's a rhetorical question. Because it's fairly obvious why this matters. A generation...

June 15, 2015

The CDC: rent-seekers or cowboys?

The CDC definition of maternal mortality is much more expansive than the rest of the...

June 14, 2015

The irony in “Why I remain Catholic”

"Why do you remain Catholic, when so many are leaving?" That's the question that many...

June 13, 2015

Fixing religious ed?

So last month, there were a few articles floating around Patheos about various bishops in...

June 12, 2015

Headed towards Bologna? An update on degree “travel time”

In my post the other day on European universities, I mentioned that Students are also...

June 12, 2015

A question: on names?

Do you call people by their last name -- friends, co-workers, neighbors? As in, "Hey,...

June 12, 2015

A few words on overtime. . . there’s a lot of grey

The context: the Obama administration is in the process of determining an updated salary threshold...

June 12, 2015

Fixing the English language, or not?

Here's your flaky PC complaint for the day: "'you guys' is sexist because it excludes...

June 12, 2015

Odd news for the day: transracialism

Yes, that's the way people are tossing around this story, about a woman, Rachel Dolezal,...

June 10, 2015

“Just saying no” on healthcare costs

Here's an interesting piece of news, from Kaiser back in May but reprinted in the...

June 09, 2015

Poems by my 2nd grader

who brought home his Poetry Book, what with tomorrow being the last day of school....

June 09, 2015

Truth and consequences, Emma Sulkowicz edition

(If you're missing background on the Sulkowicz story, here's a piece by Megan McArdle with...

June 09, 2015

College for all, the Europeans, and path dependency

Remember when Bernie Sanders proposed his College for All Act? I had initially thought of it...

June 08, 2015

CBD Oil, and politics

Somehow I ended up on the mailing list of the representative whose district I used...

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