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May 2015

May 11, 2015

More “gender” skepticism

Go read this article from the Washington Post, "When no gender fits: A quest to...

May 11, 2015

$600 million – $500 million = $100 million

Last week, I lamented that there were two unanswered, indeed unasked questions regarding the Obama...

May 10, 2015

Don’t overthink Mother’s Day (and getting the subject right!)

Have you ever been wished Happy Mother's Day by the cashier at the grocery store?...

May 09, 2015

Amigurumi (again)!

So here he is: my first attempt at an amigurumi animal, based off a panda...

May 08, 2015

Yes, I’m a transgenderism skeptic

Let me tell you about myself. I'm short. My driver's license says 5'3" -- that's...

May 07, 2015

Gotta get me one of them Suicide Bears

Here's the story: Yesterday one of the Patheos bloggers, Seasons of Grace, linked to an...

May 06, 2015

Will the real bookworm please stand up?

The Federalist had an interesting piece yesterday, "Media Say Obama Is A ‘Bookworm.’ Are They...

May 05, 2015

Helpful hint: media and pundits OK w/ Piss Christ but not Pam Geller are not “hypocrites”

- they just don't support the First Amendment. So reads my (1000th) tweet earlier today,...

May 04, 2015

Two questions no one’s asking on the Obama Library

1. What's the cost? 2. What's the content? The background: The Tribune is now reporting...

May 03, 2015

Community Colleges: low-hanging fruit?

I'm still mulling over Putnam's book, especially in connection with the whole mess in Baltimore....

May 01, 2015

From the library: Our Kids, by Robert D. Putnam

Yes, finally, after having mentioned this book in several prior posts, I'm finally writing about...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

The in-laws are coming. . .

Need I say more? How about the fact that they're hypercritical, about my claimed lack...

April 30, 2015

The unanswered “why” of the Baltimore riots

This is more of a question than anything else: What causes a riot? Sure, we're...

April 29, 2015

$158,775

That's the cost of a year of private-room nursing home care in Connecticut, according to...

April 28, 2015

Secularism and Modernity

You've heard this (or a variant thereof) before, right? With hardly any significant exceptions, religion...

April 28, 2015

A few comments on the riots

So once again we have a city in chaos as originally-peaceful protests turn violent and...

April 27, 2015

Target’s new marketing strategy

You know, I used to shop at Target fairly regularly, back when we lived in...

April 26, 2015

Yes, Math matters

Here's a Nicholas Kristof column in the Times today, "Are You Smarter Than an 8th...

April 25, 2015

What is distinctive about the Armenian Genocide?

[what follows is incomplete; I'm working through trying to put the Armenian Genocide into context....

April 24, 2015

Why does Turkey deny the Armenian Genocide?

[Update below.] That's not a rhetorical question. I just finished reading the article in wikipedia...

April 23, 2015

The [working] poor you will always have with you, part 3: family planning

I'm going to throw some ideas out, half-formed, while I'm thinking of them, and pose...

April 22, 2015

Amigurumi! (and the travails of a would-be crafter)

What, you ask, is amigurumi? According to wikipedia, it's "the Japanese art of knitting or...

April 22, 2015

Is Chicago the next Detroit?, public schools edition

Yesterday I wrote about funding woes in the Detroit Public Schools. And what should be...

April 21, 2015

Charter Schools and Legacy Costs

Many years ago, in studying for actuarial exams, I recall a reading on public pensions,...

April 19, 2015

Why tight-leash parenting? Suburbanization.

Here's my ah-ha moment from this weekend: Earlier this week, Megan McArdle had a post...

April 17, 2015

We don’t need no stinkin’ qualifications

Earlier this week, I asked, "Who Supports Hillary?" and I've been reading bits and pieces...

April 17, 2015

Needs and wants, 2015 edition

Yesterday I listened to a training session at work in which the presenter described the...

April 16, 2015

From the library: The Great Beanie Baby Bubble, by Zac Bissonnette

This is what qualifies as "light reading" in my world. Nothing on heathcare, or pensions,...

April 16, 2015

Open Thread for Andre B. (poverty and the wage gap)

So, what should we do about women in poverty and/or the pay gap? I don't...

April 16, 2015

On Scouting — your input?

I have a few paragraphs drafted up and a few ideas I want to flesh...