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September 2013

September 13, 2013

Patriarchy?

Quick lunch break here: instapundit.com links to an article by Hannah Rosin in Slate, The...

September 13, 2013

The SPD hasn’t a prayer (parking a link)

So Drudge had a link to this article on the German election, in which the...

September 12, 2013

More on college-educated secretaries (more or less)

So reader "wm13" commented, in response to my post on college-educated folk working non-college-education-requiring jobs,...

September 12, 2013

From the library: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit

"Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit" is exactly what the front cover says, marketing the book...

September 11, 2013

Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution, some initial comments

So I keep intending to be more proactive rather than reactive in the things I...

September 11, 2013

“Four in Ten College Grads Don’t Need a Degree for Their Work”

That's the headline on a Via Meadia post about a Gallup survey (unlinked in the...

September 10, 2013

A $15 minimum wage? Thinking through the consequences

Look, I'm not an economist. I don't even play one on TV. But I wanted...

September 09, 2013

Is IBM’s move to “exchanges” the end of employer-sponsored healthcare as we know it?

In a word, jein. That's what Germans say instead of "yes and no" (ja-nein --...

September 08, 2013

The Anti-Adoption Movement?

Eric Zorn's Change of Subject column links to a New Republic article on the anti-adoption...

September 08, 2013

The Other “Other Pension Crisis”

What follows is still a draft, really -- I want to fine-tune it and add...

September 07, 2013

Let’s talk pension accounting!

Yeah, I know, exciting topic -- but really: it's actually timely and relevant to provide...

September 06, 2013

Overtreated: Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer, by Shannon Brownlee

This is not a new book by any means -- it was published in 2007...

September 05, 2013

A Down Syndrome Cure?

Per this article linked to from Drudge, scientists have "cured" an artificially-created Down Syndrome-like condition...

September 04, 2013

I am not going to write about Syria (except maybe a teensy, teensy bit)

I had said in an earlier blog post that I wasn't going to write about...

September 04, 2013

Parking a link – on the CATO welfare study

This author at Forbes pokes a lot of holes into the CATO "welfare pays more...

September 04, 2013

The “food desert” concept has jumped the shark

According to this report from ABC News, Whole Foods is building a store in a...

September 02, 2013

Back to food deserts

So I'm back to food deserts, due to a comment I received which interpreted my...

September 02, 2013

Should student loans be forgiven for “public sector” workers?

No. Next question?That's one of instapundit.com's rhetorical devices, but it works well here, because this...

September 01, 2013

Illegal immigrants and ID fraud (parking a link)

I hate to link from cnsnews.com, because they're so far to the right that skeptical readers...

September 01, 2013

College and Illegal Immigrants: an honest question

So a friend of mine linked to this article, about illegal immigrant kids who do...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

I love Aldi. Is that so wrong?

So I was surfing around and came across this: Do you know who owns Trader...

August 30, 2013

Sex and the New Double Standard

I'm going to wade into social issues even though this is more challenging to write...

August 30, 2013

Request to my reader(s): what blogs do you follow?

So I've been blogging for a good month and a half now, and have realized...

August 29, 2013

I am not going to write about Syria

Well, except for this one post. The situation really worries me. We attacked Iraq because...

August 29, 2013

Boomerangs and “doubling up”

In the spring of 2007, 17% of all households were "doubled up." In spring 2011,...

August 28, 2013

From the library: The End of the Suburbs

By Leigh Gallagher.Many years ago, I read a number of books on the New Urbanism. ...

August 28, 2013

It’s not a food desert, it’s a lack of transit/transportation!

The Trib has an article about food desert's and the mayor's plan to combat them. ...

August 28, 2013

I live on the grid.

See, I'm working on the clever titles. I've been reading The End of the Suburbs,...

August 26, 2013

From the library: College (Un)Bound

by Jeffrey J. Selingo.I've concluded that I want to post short summaries of the books...

August 26, 2013

On “Brad-sea” Manning

So Bradley Manning wants to be called Chelsea Manning, with feminine pronouns. Call me skeptical. ...

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