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April 2014

April 15, 2014
So this was linked to by Drudge: "Iran considers ban on vasectomies in drive to...
April 15, 2014
Megan McArdle has an article out discussing an opinion piece in the New York Times...
April 11, 2014
The Roman Soldier, left bottom:  I'm heavily modifying the pattern, where the original calls for...
April 10, 2014
So this is floating around:  Obama once again made his pitch to women that he...
April 10, 2014
(Some more thoughts on a post from February, added at the bottom.)What do Angela Merkel...
April 09, 2014
This article, linked to by marginalrevolution.com, describes endemic corruption in the Mexican school system, in...
April 09, 2014
That's the quote from Kathy Waligora of Ever-Thrive Illinois, in today's article on the benefits...
April 07, 2014
From CNN (and elsewhere):Jeb Bush said the debate over immigration reform needs to move past...
April 05, 2014
You've probably heard of them:  make a pillowcase dress, or two or two hundred, and...
April 05, 2014
Here's a thought which I'm trying to flesh out, typing a little bit now, and...
April 04, 2014
Well, what is there to say, really?As has been reported in multiple places (see, among...
April 04, 2014
So after months and months of renewal notices, my 3-year subscription to The Economist has...
April 03, 2014
That was the topic of a click-bait Slate article, " Tax the Childless; We should...
April 03, 2014
That's the accusation of this article in The Progressive, as linked to by Best of...
April 01, 2014
This was something I was thinking about the other day (another topic that I don't...

March 2014

March 31, 2014
Last of the rough drafts to finish up for tonight!The pro-immigration lobby, and pro-immigration* researchers,...
March 31, 2014
Third post that's been sitting as a draft for a while.You've all seen this, right?...
March 31, 2014
Unfinished post #2.  It's a two-fer. This is what I'd like to see happen with...
March 31, 2014
Unfinished post #2.  It's a two-fer. This is what I'd like to see happen with...
March 31, 2014
I just sat down to my computer and looked at the list of posts --...
March 28, 2014
So we spent a couple days at my parents' house, and one of our outings...
March 27, 2014
So Megan McArdle is writing about homebuying today, and I thought I'd just comment there...
March 27, 2014
So we're visiting my parents in Detroit for a couple days (yeah, we had The...
March 24, 2014
When immigration activists say, "our immigration system is broken," I'm not persuaded by their arguments....
March 24, 2014
So for a while, I'd periodically see someone collecting petition signatures for a proposed term...
March 22, 2014
So I just thought I'd throw this out there: We're very behind in our summer...
March 22, 2014
So over at Ann Althouse's blog, a discussion on black families in poverty and some...
March 21, 2014
Here's the first paragraph in the lead article in the Chicago Tribune today:Illinois Democrats went...
March 20, 2014
So this is the sort of question I'd usually pose to my facebook friends, to...
March 19, 2014
The election’s over.And as far as the Illinois general election is concerned, it is truly...
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