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October 2017

October 09, 2017
The "soda tax" (or "soda pop tax" or "sweetened beverage tax") is scheduled to end...
October 09, 2017
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates got some pushback in the New York Times over the weekend in...
October 07, 2017
So once a month, my husband and I participate in a "CFM group" -- that...
October 06, 2017
Paddock has gone to great lengths to ensure that there is no explanation -- nothing...

September 2017

September 29, 2017
That's a folktale that shows up every now and again.  It's in the form of...
September 28, 2017
If you're like me, your twitter feed and facebook timeline have been chock full of...
September 26, 2017
Why has Puerto Rico been so debt-ridden?
September 25, 2017
That's the bottom line. President Trump says that NFL owners should fire players who refuse...
September 22, 2017
In the 1960s, it was predicted that our workdays would be halved.
September 21, 2017
So here's an update on my Adventures as Cub Scout Committee Chair. We are a...
September 20, 2017
Yes, I know my blog readers are hardly a random sample.  But it would help...
September 20, 2017
From Inside Higher Ed: No one -- besides fellow racists, perhaps -- is pleased that...
September 19, 2017
"Medicare for all" has been the Progressives' rallying cry for a while now, and Bernie...
September 15, 2017
Yes, it's time for the annual Cub Scout gripe. Last night was the official "Blast...
September 14, 2017
Is Cupich's definition of "Christian" so expansive that it is synonymous with "good person" in...
September 12, 2017
So Amazon is inviting bids for a "second headquarters"; the HQ2, as they're calling it....
September 10, 2017
Subtitled The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men....
September 08, 2017
The U.S. Catholic bishops are, unsurprisingly, angry at the Trump administration's plan to cancel the...
September 08, 2017
I raised the issue the other day, of what an appropriate compromise would be, that...
September 07, 2017
And maybe that's just fine. This was actually reported a week ago:  "Move over, Sue: World's...
September 07, 2017
Why can't we solve the issue of illegal immigration? First, genuine policy disagreements. There are...
September 06, 2017
I have just a few minutes before I have to start work, but I want...
September 04, 2017
Let's review DREAM Act history, shall we? (And, by the way, I reject the terminology...
September 03, 2017
I've just started reading a library book, Boys Adrift, by Leonard Sax, which I will...
September 02, 2017
In the back-to-school news: "Students question dress codes in District U46: 'It's basically telling us...

August 2017

August 31, 2017
I am not an expert, and I am writing this largely as a discussion-starter, but...
August 29, 2017
So some time ago -- nearly 4 years ago, in my early blogging days, I...
August 29, 2017
Should Arpaio have rotted in jail for his abuses in his office, regardless of whether...
August 28, 2017
In the (other) news on Friday, a Catholic school in Marin County, California is discarding...
August 23, 2017
Boy Scouts are sex-segregated? No, silly, of course not. For as much as the Boy...
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