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2019-01-30T12:42:37-06:00

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In the news: more wins for abortion supporters

Last updated on: January 30, 2019 at 12:42 pm By Jane the Actuary

Meanwhile, while we’ve been arguing about whether or not the Covington kids were innocent, or guilty, or guilty of being white males and that’s enough for a conviction, Democrats in New York wasted no time to pass legislation removing any and all restrictions on abortion, celebrating the event with a pink-lit World Trade Center (which is ironic, given that however much female activists have claimed the color, it’s far more connected up with baby girls), and now legislators in Virginia... Read more

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2019-01-27T21:59:14-06:00

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From the library: Winning the Peace by Nicolaus Mills

Last updated on: January 27, 2019 at 9:59 pm By Jane the Actuary

Subtitled The Marshall Plan & America’s Coming of Age as a Superpower. Folks, I had in mind to write a super-interesting post on how the Marshall Plan was an occurrence that was, if not nonrepeatable, than very nearly so, in push-back to the multiple pundits and politicians claiming the solution to whatever problem they have in front of them is a New Marshall Plan (for poor urban areas, for Central America, etc.) — or, alternatively, a “moon shot.” But, as... Read more

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2019-01-21T15:43:13-06:00

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Russia meddled. Media companies profitted. What will you do?

Last updated on: January 21, 2019 at 3:43 pm By Jane the Actuary

Readers, I typed this up back just before Christmas, but didn’t publish it. Seems even more relevant now than before after this past weekend. Have you heard about the speech therapist who was required, as a condition of her employment, to sign a “loyalty oath” pledging not to support any boycott of the state of Israel? Feeling unjustly denied freedom of speech and subject to restrictions reminiscent of McCarthyism, she refused and is now suing the school district, as detailed... Read more

2019-01-28T15:25:47-06:00

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It’s MLK Day. Who should I hate?

Last updated on: January 28, 2019 at 3:25 pm By Jane the Actuary

That’s the way this works, isn’t it? After all, on Saturday afternoon and evening, twitter and blogs and news sites (about facebook I couldn’t say) gorged themselves on a feast of hate against a group of white, Catholic, southern, anti-abortion teen boys who ticked all their boxes to be presumed guilty in an encounter with a group of Native American protestors that was deemed to be “racist” and “harassing” and in which the kids were quoted as chanting “build the... Read more

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Politics Red

2019-01-19T14:39:35-06:00

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Once more from the top: walls, negotiations, and trust

Last updated on: January 19, 2019 at 2:39 pm By Jane the Actuary

Reports are swirling that Trump is planning on proposing a DACA/TPS extension in exchange for a wall. Mostly this is twitter chatter, but here’s what the political news site Axios has to say: President Trump plans to use remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room on Saturday afternoon to propose a notable immigration compromise, according to sources familiar with the speech. Details: The offer is expected to include Trump’s $5.7 billion demand for wall money in exchange for the BRIDGE Act —... Read more

2019-01-28T15:26:04-06:00

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Hubris (Trump, Pelosi, etc.)

Last updated on: January 28, 2019 at 3:26 pm By Jane the Actuary

Readers, sometimes I write because I think I have something that’s worth sharing. This isn’t really one of those times. I know I have blind spots and I’m not really in the mood to write that perfect, and perfectly persuasive article. But humor me, please. It is clear why Trump is continuing to pursue the shutdown as a means to achieve his border security goals: he needs something for his base. Yes, there’s a whole litany of ways in which... Read more

2019-01-14T08:54:37-06:00

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What does it mean to be pro-open borders, and why does it matter?

Last updated on: January 14, 2019 at 8:54 am By Jane the Actuary

Here’s an Eric Zorn column from a couple days ago, partially reprinted in Sunday’s Trib: “Pelosi says border walls are ‘immoral.’ But that’s not the conversation we need to be having right now.” It’s a short piece and difficult to excerpt only a fraction, so this is a larger quote than I would generally use: Better late than never, I am taking Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to task for confusing a fraught political issue by referring to a wall on... Read more

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2019-01-11T12:45:53-06:00

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What next on the Catholic sexual abuse crisis?

Last updated on: January 11, 2019 at 12:45 pm By Jane the Actuary

Oh, man, I started the day with the firm resolve to figure out the liability and asset reconciliations in the 2009 Chicago Municipal Employees’ pension report which were defeating me yesterday. (Yes, I spent December writing about multiemployer plans and am spending January with Chicago pension plans and wish there was profit somewhere in it but in the short term figure that as a silver lining I won’t be at risk of having my credibility questioned by being deemed... Read more

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Youth Protection Catholic Church

2019-01-11T10:56:25-06:00

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What if Trump doesn’t care?

Last updated on: January 11, 2019 at 10:56 am By Jane the Actuary

So we are now actually arriving at that point at which government workers are about to miss a paycheck due to the shutdown. Federal employees are protesting. The media is featuring other impacts of the shutdown, such as missed paychecks. And this follows reports from a week ago that Trump “said he’d keep the government closed for a very long period of time — months or even years” in a meeting with House Democrats, as reported at CNN as well... Read more

2019-01-09T12:23:25-06:00

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The new generation is ruining X, outdoors edition

Last updated on: January 9, 2019 at 12:23 pm By Jane the Actuary

In the Atlantic the other day (well, actually two weeks ago or thereabouts), “Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive.” As a disclaimer, yes, the article is clearly identified as “marketing,” and it’s sponsored by REI, and their objective is not really to “make the outdoors more inclusive” but to market themselves to outdoors enthusiasts as the socially conscious choice for purchasing outdoor gear. But the author/marketer cites that statistic that 78% of those who visit federal parks are... Read more

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