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February 2015

February 10, 2015
The above pretty much says it all.  I keep meaning to write more on tax...
February 10, 2015
Very interesting.  And reading up on the situation in Egypt is on the to-do list.
February 10, 2015
Did you know that you can look at household income by census data, mapped?  It's...
February 09, 2015
I guess I'm being particularly nerdy lately, what with throwing various kinds of stats at...
February 09, 2015
Here's an intriguing table, compiled from data at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy website: Per-Student...
February 09, 2015
I believe this isn't paywalled:  "Database: Check your school's measles immunization rate" -- a database...
February 08, 2015
Linked to by a second-cousin who's very big on alternative medicine:  "Measles Matters," published on...
February 08, 2015
Jeb Bush was the subject of a fair amount of criticism from conservatives (including me)...
February 08, 2015
Here's a good article with historical context on the Crusades, referencing a book which I...
February 07, 2015
The other day, Megan McArdle had a piece on Andrew Sullivan (whom, by way, I've...
February 06, 2015
That's something that was floating around, with respect to the minimum wage:  "the true minimum...
February 06, 2015
My fellow Illinoisians will be aware that one of the proposals of new governor Bruce...
February 05, 2015
According to the WHO, Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months): US UK France Germany...
February 05, 2015
Here's a thoroughly unsourced comment (sorry, I have only a couple minutes to write):The media...
February 04, 2015
So the other day I wrote up some initial thoughts on tax reform, and what...
February 04, 2015
Yes, it's dead on arrival, so perhaps not worth spending too much time with.But, via...
February 03, 2015
Reports are that, Islamic State having brutally killed a downed Jordanian pilot, Jordan is eager...
February 02, 2015
This was featured in The Atlantic, based on a report in the Detroit Free Press:...
February 02, 2015
The other day, I griped in the comments section of The Atlantic about Obama treating...
February 02, 2015
That's the key quote from an article in New York Magazine entitled, "The Real Reason...
February 02, 2015
For your reading pleasure, the outcome of a google search, and I've only skimmed, not...
February 01, 2015
From the New York Times, "A Hearing on Housing in Detroit Draws a Reluctant Crowd,"...
February 01, 2015
One of the pieces of advice that's floating around at the moment, with respect to...

January 2015

January 31, 2015
The operating narrative about the Obama administration's failure to gain public acceptance of its "let's...
January 30, 2015
Here in Chicago, as I've mentioned before, the city is tripping over itself in its...
January 30, 2015
(Originally written 1/27)"God has a plan.""It just was/wasn't meant to be.""Everything works out for good."Do...
January 29, 2015
Too old for day camp, too young for a summer job.  Doesn't have a group...
January 29, 2015
Just something I was playing around with yesterday; I'm not sure why, but it started...
January 28, 2015
Don't tell me you don't recognize him!   Star Trek: Voyager and I go way...
January 28, 2015
So on Sunday, with respect to the Obama administration's proposal to tax 529 plan earnings...
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