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October 16, 2013

2941 comments on a Slate piece on drinking . . . 2945, 2946, 2947

(The bottom line: is there a moral double-standard at work in telling women not to...

October 16, 2013

Regrets (or not) on getting middle-aged

So a friend posted this -- an old NYT "Opinionator" piece about the Path Not...

October 15, 2013

The “Julia” problem: It’s about the men

So I've been reading about the topic of unwed motherhood, and here's my working theory: ...

October 12, 2013

Promises I Can Keep, part 2

Continuing my notes on the book. (See part 1 here.)Chapter 1: Beginning with a profile...

October 12, 2013

From the kindle: Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women put Motherhood Before Marriage, by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas

This is an older book, first published in 2005. I came across this in a...

October 11, 2013

What is and isn’t “transparent” in the O’Care Exchanges

Lunch break!Megan McArdle has a post up on the exchanges, and a concern that the standardized tiers,...

October 10, 2013

Curse you, vampirestat.com!

Just a gripe: I'm really, really getting tired of the spammers which show up as...

October 10, 2013

Parking a link: bread-baking

Just came across this today: the "foodzeit" blog. I'm attempting, yet again, to make a...

October 10, 2013

Is Sex-selective Abortion coming to the West?

In the blog post, "Sex Selective Abortion Gains New Ground in the West," at Via...

October 08, 2013

From the library: Overdressed: the Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

The blurb on the front cover says this: "Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what...

October 08, 2013

My first opinion poll!

Well, I'm sure I've been called at some point in the past with election-specific questions,...

October 06, 2013

Inner city transit, and a disappointing discovery

A while back, I wrote a post on "food deserts" and my belief that the...

October 06, 2013

I Have a New Project!

So people blog for different reasons -- to earn money, to be an author of...

October 04, 2013

On the shutdown, for what it’s worth

I know, you all have been impatiently asking yourselves, "when is Jane going to share...

October 03, 2013

Is ObamaCare a tax on the young?

OK, spoiler alert -- yes. Look, there are multiple ways of thinking about and paying...

October 02, 2013

“ADM details bid for tax breaks”

That's the headline in today's Tribune business section. Here's the link.This makes me sick. $24...

October 02, 2013

Today’s headlines. . .

So as my faithful reader(s) will know, I'm a reader of the Chicago Tribune --...

October 01, 2013

On Government Healthcare Spending — and Education

This is a great article on government healthcare spending by Avik Roy at the National...

October 01, 2013

Let’s Celebrate Banned Books Week! (or not . . .)

Actually, Banned Books Week seems to have run its course. This is the first year...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Challenge of the day: what’s good about ObamaCare?

Yes, I know that for my readers, this is generally a pretty major challenge --...

September 29, 2013

Just dig . . .

You know the old saying, "when you're in a hole, the first thing to do...

September 29, 2013

For fellow Illinoisians — the governor’s race?

This is a completely open, open-ended question -- are there any candidates for governor who...

September 28, 2013

Nickel and diming ObamaCare

Ever have an idea which, at least as you're thinking about it, seems so right...

September 28, 2013

Your turn, reader(s) — on O’care

I have a feeling today is going to be "put a movie in for the...

September 27, 2013

I’ll just say it: “ObamaCare will collapse” is wishful thinking

Here's a comment I posted on instapundit.com earlier this morning: It's foolish to imagine that...

September 27, 2013

So what’s the point?

Lovely way to start a Friday. I started looking at The Great Deformation yesterday, was...

September 27, 2013

Making the case against the case for Obamacare

Yes, usually, the phrasing would be simply "making the case against Obamacare." Why have I...

September 26, 2013

From the library: The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America, by David A. Stockman

I'm sitting at the desk with this book in front of me, not sure if...

September 24, 2013

From the library: End of the Good Life, by Riva Froymovich

Reading the stinkers, so you don't have to! Or, that was an hour of my...

September 22, 2013

Election update: Grand Coalition?

According to the exit polls (as of 6 pm), Angela Merkel has handily won the...