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July 2014

July 22, 2014
This CNN article reports that the teen birth rate dropped 40% from 2009 to 2013,...
July 21, 2014
I haven't given you all any new recipes in a while, but here's one which...
July 21, 2014
From the New York Times, a report on a new medication for cystic fibrosis:Kalydeco is...
July 20, 2014
I set up a twitter account (yay, me!) just now, but I don't know if...
July 19, 2014
I do want to comment on this report later but wanted to save the link, as...
July 18, 2014
OK, before you get all upset and say, "the Isareli-Palestinian Conflict is intractable and if...
July 17, 2014
Those of us who have not gone into an apocalyptic panic at the Hobby Lobby...
July 17, 2014
In today's paper, in the category of "lighter news" (in the paper's own categorization --...
July 16, 2014
Oh, the joys of blogging. For the past several days, I'd intended to write something...
July 16, 2014
Here's a comment I made on a marginalrevolution.com post yesterday, about Israel's actions in Gaza,...
July 15, 2014
This comes via Joanne Jacobs, though it's being reported elsewhere, too:  8th graders in the...
July 15, 2014
I can't believe Weird Al Yankovic is still around (maybe I'm not that old after...
July 15, 2014
So I was thinking about "immigration reform."  I'm sure I've griped about this before (and...
July 14, 2014
So a couple months ago I revealed Jane's Weight Loss Secrets (don't snack, especially after...
July 14, 2014
(Originally posted July 11th, 2014)I popped over to The Atlantic just now to see what...
July 12, 2014
Today there was an editorial in the Washington Post on immigration.  The editorial itself wasn't...
July 12, 2014
One year ago on Sunday Jane the Actuary opened its doors and I invited the...
July 10, 2014
I've started to poke around the Mother Jones site, for kicks, and landed on an...
July 10, 2014
On the front page of the Tribune today:  "Dan Ryan victim mourned slain friend weeks...
July 09, 2014
On the one hand, what do you say about last night's 7-1 result, in which...
July 08, 2014
That is, will the availability of free contraception through health insurance cause women to spend...
July 07, 2014
This is what we're being told about the Central American women and children showing up...
July 07, 2014
Do Plan B, Ella, and IUDs cause abortions at least part of the time? For...
July 06, 2014
Last night I read about and wrote about the contraceptive mandate.  It was striking to...
July 05, 2014
So just how many "sky is falling" articles have your socially-liberal friends on facebook shared?...
July 05, 2014
Independent Maps, the group spearheading the proposed fair redistricting amendment to the Illinois constitution, has...
July 03, 2014
(Originally posted November 12, 2013)Many years ago, back in grad school I'd say, I was...
July 02, 2014
(originally written April 11th)This from today's Tribune:On Thursday, the [Federal Insurance Office in the U.S....
July 01, 2014
No, not that the Democrats are exaggerating the significance of the ruling so that they...
July 01, 2014
(I typed up the following yesterday, then let it sit to think about it.  I'm...
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