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March 2014

March 10, 2014

Back to college sports

So I really shouldn't be talking about this, given my plan to write only what...

March 10, 2014

Question: what are the odds. . .

That the administration will extend the open enrollment period that's set to end on March...

March 09, 2014

Worlds apart? Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Here's the background: my husband is a Boy Scout scoutmaster (well, assistant scoutmaster). They leadership...

March 08, 2014

On college sports

So the football players at Northwestern are trying to get approval of a players' union,...

March 07, 2014

Things I am not writing about . . .

Things I am not writing about:1) The lawsuit in which a girl is demanding parental...

March 06, 2014

“Madigan wants state to spend $100 million on Obama library”

Whoa.I've never been a big fan of the push to bring the Obama library to...

March 04, 2014

Is it the end of insurance companies as we know it?

That's what Zeke Emmanuel says, in an article in The New Republic, which is itself...

March 04, 2014

On failing. . .

That's one of Megan McArdle's big themes, as she blogs and especially in her new...

March 02, 2014

Why “religious freedom restoration” is not Jim Crow

I'd been meaning to write about this for a while -- and, once again, I'm...

March 02, 2014

The 80s called. . .

Found this classic quote from Salon by googling "the 80s called" + cold war: In an...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

The 43% obesity drop? Maybe not.

So marginalrevolution.com linked to a Mother Jones article on the widely-trumpeted drop in obesity among...

February 28, 2014

“Bubba Bobby Jindal waves the War Flag”

That's the headline for Kathleen Parker's opinion piece today (in the Trib, but syndicated from...

February 28, 2014

“My Brother’s Keeper?”

In the paper today: "Obama announces initiative for young black and Latino men": Obama announced...

February 27, 2014

From the library: Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, by Peter Schweizer

OK, so I'm going to write this summary by memory as I've now misplaced the...

February 26, 2014

What happened to CNN.com?

Seriously. I used to check them fairly often, as a generic news site, though I'd...

February 23, 2014

“USA Retirement Fund” nomenclature

Third post in three days on these plans, as I try to figure out how...

February 22, 2014