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Mar
24

Social Security’s Death March Madness

Some ideas make you wonder [http://www.hampsterdance.com/] what the creator was smoking when they came up with it.
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Mar
12

Charlie’s Chance

Charlie Crist, the sitting Governor of Florida is in the senate primary race of his life against up-and-comer Marco Rubio.
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Feb
28

Washington Parties

The NYTimes has an article about the canceling of a old school Washington social scene column, with some interesting insight
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Feb
26

Estate Tax and Meritocracy

From a research paper on international management practices and their effect on firm success: > One interesting group are the
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Feb
25

R Stands For Retiree

The Republican base is being supplemented by older generations shifting away from the Democrats, which might have some interesting ramifications
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Feb
24

Focus on the Big Slice

FiveThirtyEight makes a good point: > 4.) I’m surprised how unimportant estate and gift taxes are to the overall
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Feb
23

Imaginationland and Intellectual Property

Imagine a world where when you leave a job, instead of telling you to pack your desk, they tell you
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Feb
23

Just Enough to Get By

How Moderates think: > Like Mr. Brown, Ms. Snowe said she did not think the measure went far enough, and
Feb
22

Meet Bruce

Bruce Bartlet is one of the writers of Capital Gains and Games [www.capitalgainsandgames.com], an excellent policy analysis blog,
Feb
22

Don’t Get Lost In the Buzz

Good overview on what buzz is, what it isn’t, and what to watch about it. Most perspective shifting part