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August 2014

August 03, 2014

Back from “Vacation,” part 1: update on Dad

"Vacation" is in quotation marks intentionally, because the largest part of our somewhat-shortened week was...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Happy Birthday, Detroit

Detroit is celebrating its area code birthday -- yes, it's 313 years old, and local...

July 28, 2014

Parking a link: Immigration in Germany

This is a really interesting article from the Washington Post on the influx of immigrants,...

July 28, 2014

Affordable housing – additional thoughts

So I was thinking about the affordable housing issue some more after my prior post...

July 28, 2014

Affordable Housing by Zoning Reform: Detroit as a test case?

[Originally written 7/26/14]Reiham Salam, who writes at Slate.com and Bloomberg and National Review and, well,...

July 26, 2014

Gruber, State Exchanges, and the Easy Way vs. the Right Way

Everybody's talking about the statements of Jonathan Gruber in 2012 that have been unearthed and...

July 25, 2014

For sale: Tales of Suspense, Vol 1, #59, November 1964, featuring Iron Man and Captain America

According to sellmycomicbooks.com, this particular issue is noteworthy for being the first solo appearance of...

July 24, 2014

The right way, and the wrong way, to deal with housing affordability

I started thinking about the whole affordable-housing issue again because of a Chicago Tribune article...

July 24, 2014

Today’s post on demographics

Last night Ann Althouse linked to a Washington Post piece on the birth rate, which...

July 23, 2014

Remember Iraq?

(Sorry, no sources below -- I have a day job, but I wanted to type...

July 22, 2014

It’s time for another “Things I Am Not Blogging About” List

Because I feel compelled to let you all know that, just because I'm not blogging...

July 22, 2014

Twitter update!

This is what I've learned, after two days of Twitter:To start with, I am currently...

July 22, 2014

On the Colorado Family Planning Initiative

This CNN article reports that the teen birth rate dropped 40% from 2009 to 2013,...

July 21, 2014

Food blogging: Taco Bake

I haven't given you all any new recipes in a while, but here's one which...

July 21, 2014

Someone’s got to pay for the R&D . . .

From the New York Times, a report on a new medication for cystic fibrosis:Kalydeco is...

July 20, 2014

Do you twitter?

I set up a twitter account (yay, me!) just now, but I don't know if...

July 19, 2014

Parking a link: USDA report on promoting healthy eating for food stamp recipients (now with summary and analysis)

I do want to comment on this report later but wanted to save the link, as...

July 18, 2014

How to Fix the Gaza Strip

OK, before you get all upset and say, "the Isareli-Palestinian Conflict is intractable and if...

July 17, 2014

Sorry, but pets *are* property

In today's paper, in the category of "lighter news" (in the paper's own categorization --...

July 16, 2014

Corporate income taxes, inversion, and related issues on which I am not an expert

Oh, the joys of blogging. For the past several days, I'd intended to write something...

July 16, 2014

What happens when there are no “grown-ups in the room” — more on Gaza

Here's a comment I made on a marginalrevolution.com post yesterday, about Israel's actions in Gaza,...

July 15, 2014

Parking a link: teaching “critical thinking” via Holocaust denial

This comes via Joanne Jacobs, though it's being reported elsewhere, too: 8th graders in the...

July 15, 2014

In case you haven’t seen this already

I can't believe Weird Al Yankovic is still around (maybe I'm not that old after...

July 15, 2014

Controlling the message

So I was thinking about "immigration reform." I'm sure I've griped about this before (and...

July 14, 2014

From the library (just for fun): Eat Chocolate, Lose Weight; New Science Proves You Should Eat Chocolate Every Day, by Will Clower

So a couple months ago I revealed Jane's Weight Loss Secrets (don't snack, especially after...

July 14, 2014

Kids, don’t read this one (updated)

(Originally posted July 11th, 2014)I popped over to The Atlantic just now to see what...

July 12, 2014

Happy Blogiversary to me!

One year ago on Sunday Jane the Actuary opened its doors and I invited the...

July 12, 2014

What’s the real American sentiment on immigration?

Today there was an editorial in the Washington Post on immigration. The editorial itself wasn't...

July 10, 2014

Parking a link: the world of Spam

I've started to poke around the Mother Jones site, for kicks, and landed on an...

July 10, 2014

A tragedy in Chicago – and another one

On the front page of the Tribune today: "Dan Ryan victim mourned slain friend weeks...