Archives

May 2014

May 13, 2014
As linked to by instapundit.com, Penelope Trunk asks, "what does it mean to be a...
May 13, 2014
That's the article in today's Tribune, a profile of childless women in their 20s who...
May 11, 2014
This link is from the Los Angeles Times, but it appeared in today's (Sunday's) Chicago...
May 11, 2014
This post is kind of long-winded, but I do have a point, eventually. . ....
May 10, 2014
The kidnapping of over 270 Nigerian girls by the Boko Haram terrorist group, reportedly to...
May 09, 2014
So a week or so ago, there was an extended discussion on a friend's facebook...
May 06, 2014
So I'm really not sure what to make of the current spate of articles claiming...
May 06, 2014
So I was doing a bit of pre-work browsing, and read this piece by Kevin...
May 05, 2014
So there was an article in Sunday's Chicago Tribune about the difficulties families of the...
May 04, 2014
Here's today's recipe.  Foodies will sneer at this but I think anyone who thinks that...
May 03, 2014
I never claim to be an economist, just an armchair economist, but this is what...
May 02, 2014
In an open-thread-ish sort of way. My youngest would prefer no beans in your suggestions,...
May 02, 2014
Now Seattle is proposing a $15 minimum wage.  It's planned to be phased-in over a...
May 01, 2014
Secret number 1:  Don't snack after dinner. Secret number 2:  Don't snack between breakfast and...
May 01, 2014
Who is quite demanding, and wants me to intensively research immigration and debate him on...
May 01, 2014
1)  The Swiss are voting, in one of their national referenda, on what would be,...

April 2014

April 29, 2014
I seem to be pretty good at coming up with things to say on the...
April 29, 2014
Yes, I saw this link on the Best of the Web, and got suckered into...
April 27, 2014
These are some images of German shopping bags pulled from Google images--The first of these...
April 27, 2014
So we spent Easter weekend with my parents.Dad's in the hospital.  He fell, once again,...
April 24, 2014
Thinking through a couple items on marriage, things I've written about before but am trying...
April 24, 2014
So according to the Tribune's "TribLocal" section, my local high school district, which my son...
April 23, 2014
This is the CNN.com report: "Boy Scouts revoke Seattle church's charter over gay scoutmaster."  The...
April 23, 2014
Forgot how I ended up at this story:  "Mother of brain-dead Jahi McMath says daughter...
April 22, 2014
1)  This was in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, non-paywalled: "Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families;...
April 18, 2014
(Sorry, I again failed to observe the "bottom line on top" dictum.  Please read to...
April 17, 2014
Here's an AP article, linked to from Drudge: "Immigration Activists Urge Obama to Act Boldly"...
April 17, 2014
This is an excerpt from a letter-to-the-editor in today's "Trib Local," the weekly local news...
April 16, 2014
This article was a link from a link from a Drudge Report link, on the...
April 16, 2014
So the WSJ, as "liked" by a facebook friend, had an article yesterday on the...
Related posts from Jane the Actuary
Catholic
The Hubris of Suburbia, Arlington Heights edition
Jane the Actuary
Catholic
Illinois Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance? Ugh,...
Jane the Actuary
Catholic
What are YOUR legislators up to? A report...
Jane the Actuary
Catholic
Why are American mobile phone plans so expensive?
Jane the Actuary
POPULAR CONTENT