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October 2014

October 10, 2014
Here's a nice interactive table on causes of death - specify the age range and...
October 10, 2014
Every October, I get annoyed at all the breast cancer-awareness promotions and the constant fundraising.Maybe...
October 09, 2014
In the sentence, "I picked out a new color of paint for the wall," what...
October 09, 2014
but I wish there were.Simultaneously I'm irritated by the massive increase in the employee share...
October 08, 2014
In most of the world, students start learning English early.  In Germany, English class starts...
October 07, 2014
OK, that makes for a pretty short post.  But once I tell you what I'm...
October 06, 2014
Finally saw this on DVD over the weekend, and I'm not going to give you...
October 05, 2014
Boy, this is a downer of a book -- because the subtitle isn't really accurate....
October 04, 2014
This comes out of recent personal experience as a employee, or rather, as the spouse...
October 03, 2014
are there any limits to when teen sex isn't appropriate?Oh, sure, of course, it should...
October 02, 2014
OK, I'll bite:  I wrote about the drive to get teenage girls onto LARCs -...
October 01, 2014
So I told you the other day that I didn't like Gone Girl, even though...
October 01, 2014
In today's paper:  a white Ohio woman, Jennifer Cramblett, is suing a suburban Chicago sperm bank...

September 2014

September 30, 2014
I don't read fiction -- as a general rule, at least, and I haven't in...
September 28, 2014
There's a worthwhile piece in Slate.com on this topic today (yeah, I know, who'd have...
September 28, 2014
This is a very interesting book, and very timely, too, considering Eric Holder's resignation announcement.The...
September 28, 2014
This was interesting:  instapundit.com had a link to an article on Canadian immigrants who were...
September 27, 2014
According to the Tribune (sorry, paywall), the incoming Bishop Blase Cupich identified "immigration reform as chief...
September 27, 2014
I would!I started cooking with the crock-pot when my youngest was a baby, and found...
September 25, 2014
So yesterday I commented that a graduate student is automatically defined as an "independent" student...
September 24, 2014
So this came from Inside Higher Ed, as linked to by Legal Insurrection:  the dean...
September 23, 2014
Every now and again, I feel the need to remind you all that I care...
September 23, 2014
No, of course not.  Next question.But that's what Senator Dick Durbin, and the Chicago Tribune,...
September 22, 2014
(Bear with me:  today's post is a bit long and rambly.)Last Friday, Megan McArdle wrote...
September 22, 2014
This came from instapundit.com, actually:  "Police and fire pension funds report $200,000 shortfall," from the...
September 21, 2014
Falls into the category of "read one thing at the NYT site, and follow a...
September 17, 2014
Just a link from the WSJ:  "U.S. Dollar Will Achieve Parity With Euro by 2017,...
September 17, 2014
Here's an article from the local Daily Herald, on the new contract for the toll...
September 16, 2014
From Instapundit.com, in a story on a lawsuit  by an expelled student, the first time...
September 16, 2014
So, look, yesterday I linked to a report quantifying the fact that employers are increasing...
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