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Just to begin with a disclaimer:  I’m not a student of this issue, but as a parent and a human being I have some concerns.  Meaning, I suppose, that I’m aware of anecdotal evidence suggesting cause for concern – not … Continue reading →

I never was a big fan of women in the military, though I could see this kind of thing coming back in my active duty days. Whatever my position on women in the military, however, burying rape charges with bogus … Continue reading →

Debts that can’t be paid, won’t be.  A little sanity from Michael Hudson. (h/t Edward Harrison – twitter @edwardnh)

I don’t know if the people who read here have any interest in this subject or not, but I’ve often thought that Christianity at times doesn’t explain itself too well.  Or maybe it’s just that Christians don’t. The prime example … Continue reading →

Very insightful guy.  Died in 2010.

I added the satirical webpage to the blogroll, now at left.  But if you ever use twitter, whoever is running the site tweets pretty much all day, some of the funniest stuff you will read outside Stephen Colbert and Appellatesquawk, … Continue reading →

I’m going to miss reading his stuff every day.  Well, almost every day. He and I never got along, but I always thought it was mainly due to miscommunication.  I’ve commented over on his blog but he never commented over … Continue reading →

Comes to Hogtown. Team managers are sure to start fighting over Lin. Wish I’d been there:   Update:  “I like having it [the ball] at the end of the game.”  So do Knicks fans.  There were coaches, I can’t remember which … Continue reading →

Or maybe the pot calling the kettle black. This one does not pass the guffaw test. Netanyahu called Iran “the greatest exporter of terror in the world.”…”In all these cases,” Netanyahu said, “the elements behind the attacks were Iran and … Continue reading →

has a harrowing encounter with the Austin Police Department. Read about it here. This was an upsetting incident, obviously.  There is an unfortunate racial angle, because Scott Henson (Grits) is white and his 5 year old grand-daughter is, or I … Continue reading →

…while eastern North America has had very little snow.  Until today. Some spectacular images here. And who’d have thought you could even get snow in Palma de Mallorca of the Balearic Isles? And here’s a close up of that cathedral … Continue reading →

Nice move on video here. Gets the rebound, takes it coast to coast and finishes nicely.  Doesn’t get much better.

A description from the Financial Times, from someone who actually approves of it: The monetary liabilities of the central bank are liabilities only in the legal sense. They are not liabilities in the substantive economic sense. This is clearest with … Continue reading →

There’s this odd thing in LeRoy, NY (near Rochester) where these kids from the same school are having “Tourette’s“-like symptoms.  It’s received national news and even international news attention. The consensus seems to be that it’s due to mass hysteria, … Continue reading →

I was going to say that Newt Gingrich is detestable, but that’s not quite right.  After all, I don’t know him personally.  A man runs for President and all of a sudden qualities of character that would otherwise seem innocuous … Continue reading →