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February 2015

February 10, 2015

Agree or disagree? Tax credits, especially refundable tax credits, are nothing other than government benefits which happen to be provided through the tax code

The above pretty much says it all.  I keep meaning to write more on tax...

February 10, 2015

From twitter: an interview with al-Sisi

Very interesting.  And reading up on the situation in Egypt is on the to-do list.

February 09, 2015

From the library: Whatever Happened to the Metric System? How America Kept its Feet, by John Bemelmans Marciano

I guess I'm being particularly nerdy lately, what with throwing various kinds of stats at...

February 09, 2015

More on Detroit: school funding

Here's an intriguing table, compiled from data at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy website: Per-Student...

February 09, 2015

On unvaccinated kids: some data in the Trib today

I believe this isn't paywalled:  "Database: Check your school's measles immunization rate" -- a database...

February 08, 2015

Shared on facebook: anti-vaxxers aren’t being cowed

Linked to by a second-cousin who's very big on alternative medicine:  "Measles Matters," published on...

February 08, 2015

I’ll go there: Is Jeb Bush racist?

Jeb Bush was the subject of a fair amount of criticism from conservatives (including me)...

February 08, 2015

Parking a link: on the Crusades

Here's a good article with historical context on the Crusades, referencing a book which I...

February 07, 2015

Blogging Women

The other day, Megan McArdle had a piece on Andrew Sullivan (whom, by way, I've...

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 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,"...

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...

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