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February 2015

February 06, 2015

“The True Minimum Wage”

That's something that was floating around, with respect to the minimum wage: "the true minimum...

February 06, 2015

A property tax freeze? Not without school funding reform

My fellow Illinoisians will be aware that one of the proposals of new governor Bruce...

February 05, 2015

Parking a link: immunization rates

According to the WHO, Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months): US UK France Germany...

February 05, 2015

Not getting it . . . on state compulsion

Here's a thoroughly unsourced comment (sorry, I have only a couple minutes to write):The media...

February 04, 2015

More on tax reform and “tax expenditures”

So the other day I wrote up some initial thoughts on tax reform, and what...

February 04, 2015

Parking a link: the President’s budget

Yes, it's dead on arrival, so perhaps not worth spending too much time with.But, via...

February 03, 2015

WWJD – and does it matter?

Reports are that, Islamic State having brutally killed a downed Jordanian pilot, Jordan is eager...

February 02, 2015

Did you see the story about the Detroit man who commutes 21 miles a day by foot?

This was featured in The Atlantic, based on a report in the Detroit Free Press:...

February 02, 2015

Is the “tax expenditures” concept a helpful approach?

The other day, I griped in the comments section of The Atlantic about Obama treating...

February 02, 2015

“There’s something wrong with the men in this generation.”

That's the key quote from an article in New York Magazine entitled, "The Real Reason...

February 02, 2015

Parking a link: on Social Security pay replacement rates

For your reading pleasure, the outcome of a google search, and I've only skimmed, not...

February 01, 2015

Detroit, foreclosure, and the whole property tax sysetm

From the New York Times, "A Hearing on Housing in Detroit Draws a Reluctant Crowd,"...

February 01, 2015

When should you begin collecting Social Security? (plus a hypothetical)

One of the pieces of advice that's floating around at the moment, with respect to...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Is there hope for tax reform?

The operating narrative about the Obama administration's failure to gain public acceptance of its "let's...

January 30, 2015

Speculating on the Obama library

Here in Chicago, as I've mentioned before, the city is tripping over itself in its...

January 30, 2015

Do you believe in [God’s intervention/fate/karma] in the world? (with bonus question added)

(Originally written 1/27)"God has a plan.""It just was/wasn't meant to be.""Everything works out for good."Do...

January 29, 2015

Help! How do I keep my 14-year-old occupied this summer?

Too old for day camp, too young for a summer job. Doesn't have a group...

January 29, 2015

Could you become a dual citizen?

Just something I was playing around with yesterday; I'm not sure why, but it started...

January 28, 2015

Apropos of nothing, what race is this man?

Don't tell me you don't recognize him! Star Trek: Voyager and I go way...

January 28, 2015

Update on 529 plans

So on Sunday, with respect to the Obama administration's proposal to tax 529 plan earnings...

January 25, 2015

Have you heard about Bobby Jindal’s “The Response” Prayer Rally?

Here's a Time Magazine article about it. Here's another one from the local New Orleans...

January 25, 2015

Taxing 529 plans? It’s an admission of failure.

On Friday, Megan McArdle opinioned on Obama's proposal to tax 529 college savings plans in...

January 25, 2015

Jonah and Muhammed

Today's readings, my Catholic and liturgical-Protestant readers, will recall, included a passage from Jonah.Who doesn't...

January 24, 2015

The Tennessee Promise hasn’t even been implemented yet, people!

Yes, there's little point in addressing the "free community college" plan yet again, considering that...

January 24, 2015

“Artisan” rolls for breakfast (an update)

About a year ago, I told you about a new cookbook, "The New Artisan Bread...

January 24, 2015

Pinewood Derby time

That's this year's effort -- a collaboration between dad and son, of course, though my...

January 22, 2015

I guess I’m just not a fan of the new bishop

Here's an interview with Blase Cupich, the new archbishop of the Chicago diocese, which he...

January 22, 2015

How did I miss this? A new pension plan in Canada

Just a link, for now: on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. And it's a proposal,...

January 22, 2015

Well, that was exciting. . .

and I don't mean that sarcastically.Yesterday, as we were finishing up dinner, I pulled out...

January 21, 2015

Not Puparazzo, but . . .

Just for fun, my son's artwork (though I couldn't get the second picture rotated properly):...

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