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Apr
18

Short and Sweet Bias

An example of correlation, not causation: > A desire for smaller government is particularly evident since Barack Obama took office.
Apr
15

Policy vs Politics

Policy is about what would make society best (“best” being entirely subjective and open to argument). Politics is about who
Apr
14

Clawback

Politicians and economists rail against business executives who profit off risky moves, collect big bonuses, and then leave the house
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Apr
13

Save Me From Myself

How far should we go to save people from themselves? From an atricle about UK alcoholism: > Politicians have proposed
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Apr
12

Best Sentence I Read Today

I couldn’t agree more: > I hate competing against other people directly, so I’d rather simply go around
Mar
29

Tom Friedman Agrees With Me and Volcker

Now Thomas Friedman joins the “our government is broken and our our political parties represent the crazies” bandwagon. > That
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Mar
28

This Ones For All The Ladies

The anti-fun pro political correctness and using political power for enjoyment crowd strikes again: > [Gainesville] is getting ready to
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Mar
27

Sad But True

A historical parallel to the current level of division and outrage over health care: > “To find a prototype for
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Mar
27

Data is Changing Everything

The Economist has a special report on how Data and the tools and technologies we use to understand are changing
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Mar
25

High Time For A Change

Some ideas make you wonder [http://www.hampsterdance.com/] what the creator was smoking when they came up with it.
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