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May 2014

May 03, 2014

Economic Transformations

I never claim to be an economist, just an armchair economist, but this is what...

May 02, 2014

What are you making for dinner tonight?

In an open-thread-ish sort of way. My youngest would prefer no beans in your suggestions,...

May 02, 2014

Another minimum wage guinea pig, and the bls data

Now Seattle is proposing a $15 minimum wage. It's planned to be phased-in over a...

May 01, 2014

Jane’s weight loss secrets!

Secret number 1: Don't snack after dinner. Secret number 2: Don't snack between breakfast and...

May 01, 2014

I have my first troll

Who is quite demanding, and wants me to intensively research immigration and debate him on...

May 01, 2014

Today’s links

1) The Swiss are voting, in one of their national referenda, on what would be,...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

My (belated) take on the university affirmative action debate

I seem to be pretty good at coming up with things to say on the...

April 29, 2014

It’s clickbait, but here’s another link on marriage

Yes, I saw this link on the Best of the Web, and got suckered into...

April 27, 2014

Grocery bag ban?

These are some images of German shopping bags pulled from Google images--The first of these...

April 27, 2014

I’m sorry, but “aging in place” is a piece of *@!%

So we spent Easter weekend with my parents.Dad's in the hospital. He fell, once again,...

April 24, 2014

Marriage, “the science is settled” and intentions

Thinking through a couple items on marriage, things I've written about before but am trying...

April 24, 2014

In today’s paper: the school lunch program (with bonus: “H.U.M.A.N.”?)

So according to the Tribune's "TribLocal" section, my local high school district, which my son...

April 23, 2014

Not going to end well. . . the latest on the Boy Scouts

This is the CNN.com report: "Boy Scouts revoke Seattle church's charter over gay scoutmaster." The...

April 23, 2014

Jahi McMath update

Forgot how I ended up at this story: "Mother of brain-dead Jahi McMath says daughter...

April 22, 2014

Today’s Links

1) This was in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, non-paywalled: "Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families;...

April 18, 2014

THIS is “what the matter is with Illinois”

(Sorry, I again failed to observe the "bottom line on top" dictum. Please read to...

April 17, 2014

Reading Drudge this morning: an executive-order amnesty (updated)

Here's an AP article, linked to from Drudge: "Immigration Activists Urge Obama to Act Boldly"...

April 17, 2014

Euphemism of the day

This is an excerpt from a letter-to-the-editor in today's "Trib Local," the weekly local news...

April 16, 2014

Parking a Link: Urban Naked Zones

This article was a link from a link from a Drudge Report link, on the...

April 16, 2014

The Californian drought and “localvorism”

So the WSJ, as "liked" by a facebook friend, had an article yesterday on the...

April 15, 2014

Parking a link: Iranian pro-natalism

So this was linked to by Drudge: "Iran considers ban on vasectomies in drive to...

April 15, 2014

Should retirement savings be mandatory? It’s complicated

Megan McArdle has an article out discussing an opinion piece in the New York Times...

April 11, 2014

This week/weekend’s project

The Roman Soldier, left bottom: I'm heavily modifying the pattern, where the original calls for...

April 10, 2014

Is “women earn 77 cents for each dollar men earn” explainable by factors other than discrimination? Or is that kind of missing the point?

So this is floating around: Obama once again made his pitch to women that he...

April 10, 2014

Why no woman president? (A highly speculative post)

(Some more thoughts on a post from February, added at the bottom.)What do Angela Merkel...

April 09, 2014

Parking a link: “The Theft of the Century”

This article, linked to by marginalrevolution.com, describes endemic corruption in the Mexican school system, in...

April 09, 2014

Obamacare: a “huge victory for women”?

That's the quote from Kathy Waligora of Ever-Thrive Illinois, in today's article on the benefits...

April 07, 2014

“An act of love”?

From CNN (and elsewhere):Jeb Bush said the debate over immigration reform needs to move past...

April 05, 2014

What do you think of “Little Dresses for Africa”?

You've probably heard of them: make a pillowcase dress, or two or two hundred, and...

April 05, 2014

Mozilla and “Reasonable People Disagreeing”

Here's a thought which I'm trying to flesh out, typing a little bit now, and...

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