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April 2014

April 24, 2014

Marriage, “the science is settled” and intentions

Thinking through a couple items on marriage, things I've written about before but am trying...

April 24, 2014

In today’s paper: the school lunch program (with bonus: “H.U.M.A.N.”?)

So according to the Tribune's "TribLocal" section, my local high school district, which my son...

April 23, 2014

Not going to end well. . . the latest on the Boy Scouts

This is the CNN.com report: "Boy Scouts revoke Seattle church's charter over gay scoutmaster." The...

April 23, 2014

Jahi McMath update

Forgot how I ended up at this story: "Mother of brain-dead Jahi McMath says daughter...

April 22, 2014

Today’s Links

1) This was in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, non-paywalled: "Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families;...

April 18, 2014

THIS is “what the matter is with Illinois”

(Sorry, I again failed to observe the "bottom line on top" dictum. Please read to...

April 17, 2014

Reading Drudge this morning: an executive-order amnesty (updated)

Here's an AP article, linked to from Drudge: "Immigration Activists Urge Obama to Act Boldly"...

April 17, 2014

Euphemism of the day

This is an excerpt from a letter-to-the-editor in today's "Trib Local," the weekly local news...

April 16, 2014

Parking a Link: Urban Naked Zones

This article was a link from a link from a Drudge Report link, on the...

April 16, 2014

The Californian drought and “localvorism”

So the WSJ, as "liked" by a facebook friend, had an article yesterday on the...

April 15, 2014

Parking a link: Iranian pro-natalism

So this was linked to by Drudge: "Iran considers ban on vasectomies in drive to...

April 11, 2014

This week/weekend’s project

The Roman Soldier, left bottom: I'm heavily modifying the pattern, where the original calls for...

April 10, 2014

Is “women earn 77 cents for each dollar men earn” explainable by factors other than discrimination? Or is that kind of missing the point?

So this is floating around: Obama once again made his pitch to women that he...

April 10, 2014

Why no woman president? (A highly speculative post)

(Some more thoughts on a post from February, added at the bottom.)What do Angela Merkel...

April 09, 2014

Parking a link: “The Theft of the Century”

This article, linked to by marginalrevolution.com, describes endemic corruption in the Mexican school system, in...

April 09, 2014

Obamacare: a “huge victory for women”?

That's the quote from Kathy Waligora of Ever-Thrive Illinois, in today's article on the benefits...

April 07, 2014

“An act of love”?

From CNN (and elsewhere):Jeb Bush said the debate over immigration reform needs to move past...

April 05, 2014

What do you think of “Little Dresses for Africa”?

You've probably heard of them: make a pillowcase dress, or two or two hundred, and...

April 05, 2014

Mozilla and “Reasonable People Disagreeing”

Here's a thought which I'm trying to flesh out, typing a little bit now, and...

April 04, 2014

On Mozilla and Freedom of Conscience

Well, what is there to say, really?As has been reported in multiple places (see, among...

April 04, 2014

Decisions, decisions. . .

So after months and months of renewal notices, my 3-year subscription to The Economist has...

April 03, 2014

Should we tax the childless?

That was the topic of a click-bait Slate article, " Tax the Childless; We should...

April 03, 2014

Did President Obama “Whitewash” World War I?

That's the accusation of this article in The Progressive, as linked to by Best of...

April 01, 2014

When did we start thinking of homes as investments?

This was something I was thinking about the other day (another topic that I don't...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Who remembers Tammany Hall?

Last of the rough drafts to finish up for tonight!The pro-immigration lobby, and pro-immigration* researchers,...

March 31, 2014

Is Common Core destroying math education?

Third post that's been sitting as a draft for a while.You've all seen this, right?...

March 31, 2014

Professionalizing college sports – and fixing Title IX

Unfinished post #2. It's a two-fer. This is what I'd like to see happen with...

March 31, 2014

Professionalizing college sports – and fixing Title IX

Unfinished post #2. It's a two-fer. This is what I'd like to see happen with...

March 31, 2014

“A child needs a father like a fish needs a bicycle”

I just sat down to my computer and looked at the list of posts --...

March 28, 2014

The Museum of Art History (TM)

So we spent a couple days at my parents' house, and one of our outings...