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2024-12-23T09:06:14-06:00

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Ray Bradbury, Book Burning, dystopias and prognostication

Last updated on: December 23, 2024 at 9:06 am By Jane the Actuary

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Who was Ray Bradbury? According to Wikipedia, he was born in 1920, spent most of his early childhood years in Waukegan Illinois, then moved to Los Angeles at the age of 14. He dreamed of being a writer from an early age, and began publishing science fiction in 1938, continuing to build his career during the wartime years because bad eyesight exempted him from the draft. In 1951, so, at the age of 31, he published The Fireman as a... Read more

2024-12-22T14:37:33-06:00

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Trust an Actuary: The Social Security Fairness Act is unfair

Last updated on: December 22, 2024 at 2:37 pm By Jane the Actuary

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Quick update: At the moment, I am no longer writing at Forbes, because, for the time being, I am not able to commit to their desired monthly pacing. Fair enough, but that means that I’m back to sharing retirement-related commentary here at Patheos. And quick background: the Social Security Fairness Act, which just received approval in the Senate and awaits Biden’s signature, will remove two Social Security provisions, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which had reduced... Read more

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2024-11-30T20:22:17-06:00

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Curing the Birth Dearth: Reading Hannah’s Children

Last updated on: November 30, 2024 at 8:22 pm By Jane the Actuary

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Why has the birth rate cratered in the “developed world” including, quite recently, the United States? The standard answer includes a heavy dose of “children used to contribute to the family’s financial well-being, as farmworkers and future caretakers in old age, now they are just a costly burden.” Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, herself the mother of 8 and also a business professor, sought to find an answer by looking at the other side of the coin: women who make the intentional... Read more

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2024-11-29T23:10:02-06:00

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The chicken shredder, tariffs, and self-sufficiency

Last updated on: November 29, 2024 at 11:10 pm By Jane the Actuary

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What, you may ask, is a chicken shredder? And why do I have a photograph without a carefully sourced caption indicating the usage rights for the picture? This was a rare instance of purchasing a product advertised on Facebook, not necessarily this particular version of it but I was intrigued by the general concept of a “chicken shredder” which actually is pretty nifty: cook your chicken breast (I used the instant pot) then place it on top of the spikes,... Read more

2024-10-31T20:24:01-06:00

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Boys, Men, and unsuccessful solutions to the problem

Last updated on: October 31, 2024 at 8:24 pm By Jane the Actuary

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Some time ago, I wrote a number of blog posts about the troubles that boys and men were having in the U.S., that boys were struggling in school and men were struggling in the working world. Sadly, I mostly wrote these before I got into the practice of putting useful tags on the articles, and one of those that I can find, was before I transitions to Patheos, and the images didn’t make it. Nonetheless, in January of 2014, I... Read more

2024-10-29T21:20:18-06:00

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“Kamala Harris will save men’s access to porn!”

Last updated on: October 29, 2024 at 9:20 pm By Jane the Actuary

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No, I am not going to rant about Trump, and I’m not going to rant about Harris. To be honest, both campaigns and the candidates’ supporters appear increasingly disconnected from reality, with absurd claims that Donald Trump is going to put everyone who disagrees with him into concentration camps (the campaign twitter account @KamalaHQ is particularly egregious for distorting Trump’s statements, but many Dem pundits have used Trump’s statement that there will be a “bloodbath” among American car manufactures if... Read more

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2024-09-30T21:19:29-06:00

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Some stray thoughts on Buffalo

Last updated on: September 30, 2024 at 9:19 pm By Jane the Actuary

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First, some pictures: At Badlands National Park, at sunrise: Buffalo at sunrise (own work) and at sunset: We had some more but these were my two favorites from our road trip with the two key destinations being Custer State Park and Badlands National Park, and yes, the buffalo is scratching his back on the sign. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that it took as long as it did, for the kids to be almost all out of the house, for... Read more

2024-09-30T20:05:58-06:00

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Can we talk about IQ and Lead Poisoning?

Last updated on: September 30, 2024 at 8:05 pm By Jane the Actuary

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IQ tests are designed to measure raw intelligence, irrespective of educational level or age. Hypothetically, a score of 100 is meant to indicate an intelligence that’s precisely the average. You’d think that the United States, given our economic strength, would have an above-average IQ; turns out, that’s not the case, as studies indicate an average of 97 or 98, significantly lower than Japan’s 106.48 or 105 or South Korea’s 102 or 106. And, yes, these international comparisons are controversial, but... Read more

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2024-08-31T16:15:54-06:00

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The good and bad about Cupich’s DNC prayer

Last updated on: August 31, 2024 at 4:15 pm By Jane the Actuary

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Two weeks ago, Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich gave the opening prayer at the Democratic National Convention. It was in one respect, quite fitting, since it was held in Chicago, but at the same time, it merits asking whether his decision was wholly appropriate, or, rather, whether the contents of the prayer was appropriate. And, no, I’m not upset that Cupich didn’t make any mention of Jesus. Instead, well — on the one hand, party conventions are a part of our democratic... Read more

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2024-08-25T17:12:36-06:00

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Is there a housing shortage in America?

Last updated on: August 25, 2024 at 5:12 pm By Jane the Actuary

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“Housing shortage” is a term that conventionally pops up with reference to historical events such as a war or natural disaster destroying housing, or in the past, communist countries putting people on decade-long waitlists because housing was centrally planned, or in rare instances, a particular town or region suddenly becoming jobs-rich, such as parts of North Dakota recently due to the oil boom there. How can America have a housing shortage, in general, when none of these conditions apply? How... Read more

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