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April 2015

April 12, 2015
I'm trying to do some clean-up to the blog, adding tags, pictures, etc., and thought...
April 10, 2015
The latest news on Boy Scouts and gays seems to have caused barely a ripple,...
April 10, 2015
Yeah, I know, I do a lousy job of coming up with intriguing titles.  Suggestions,...
April 08, 2015
Back last week, New York Times columnist Frani Bruni wrote a piece saying that, basically,...
April 08, 2015
It occurs to me, after my comments yesterday about the Trust Fund and Megan McArdle's...
April 07, 2015
Yeah, OK, let's label this more accurately as "Obama's speechwriter's Easter Breakfast remarks" -- and...
April 07, 2015
Just wanted to highlight something from my write-up yesterday on Falling Short:  the Social Security...
April 06, 2015
This book, subtitled "The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It," was published...
April 05, 2015
One last thought -- and then tomorrow I'll move back to retirement topics and a...
April 05, 2015
"Live blogging" in this case means that I expect to be popping over the the...
April 03, 2015
Yeah, I feel as if I should write something appropriate to the liturgical season, though...
April 03, 2015
First of all, the Indiana legislature revised its legislation yesterday with an amendment "that, while not...
April 02, 2015
Here's an observation: Civil Rights laws were passed to remedy the real harm that was...
April 01, 2015
When did American politics develop the animosity that currently exists, that one's political opponent is...
April 01, 2015
You'd think the answer to the issue of the clash between religious freedom and equal...

March 2015

March 31, 2015
Do retirees really, consistently, have the level of financial understanding necessary to manage, not a...
March 31, 2015
Here's something I started typing up a while back; thought I'd finish this as a...
March 30, 2015
In the local news is the newly-announced program at the local community college, the "Harper...
March 30, 2015
I haven't written one of these in a while:  that sort of post wherein I...
March 29, 2015
First item: For those of you who don't do Twitter, a Detroiter (besides the one...
March 27, 2015
Everyone's oohing and aaahing about the claimed revival of Detroit, as epitomized by the new...
March 25, 2015
I suppose "update" isn't quite the right word, even though it feels to me like...
March 24, 2015
So Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for President, and now we're back to the question...
March 23, 2015
So I had a long chat with my husband over dinner (yes, a rare treat...
March 22, 2015
No, this is not just a rhetorical question. At church, I listened to the pastor,...
March 21, 2015
The Anchoress (Elizabeth Scalia) reports, "Pope Francis has appointed Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid...
March 21, 2015
The actuary in me insists on getting the math right; the historian in me insists...
March 20, 2015
This book is a bit of a bait-and-switch; you all know about the famous "Bitter...
March 20, 2015
Fun little item in the paper the other day; actually it was an advertisement in...
March 20, 2015
Yeah, I'm late to chime in on Hillary's appearance at the American Camp Association of New...
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