Canine joy
Squirming, moaning, leaping:
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On Picketty
Here’s an article on Piketty’s book that seems less political than most, and more about analyzing the nitty gritty of what he says.
Continue reading →Student loan forgiveness: liberal win-win
Sometimes there’s so much out there it’s hard to keep up. For instance, although I’d heard of the Pay As You Earn program, the details had previously passed under my radar screen. But my oh my, the set-up’s clever: But … Continue reading →
Bundy’s remarks on race, welfare, and slavery
Cliven Bundy’s remarks about race, welfare, and slavery have drawn a lot of fire, and the right is attempting to back away from them. First, take a look at what he said: “I want to tell you one more thing … Continue reading →
All those objective moderates who love Piketty’s book…
…are revealing themselves to be the leftists that they actually are. I said as much in my Piketty post when I wrote: In case you’re wondering, Piketty’s book has been hailed almost universally on the left””and by “left” I mean … Continue reading →
Is eating fruits and vegetables good for you?
I’d like to say at the outset that I like fruits and vegetables. Even if they weren’t supposed to be good for you I would eat them. I might even eat them if I heard they were a little bit … Continue reading →
Income inequality: hey, let’s take away most of the money of the rich
Yes indeed, that’ll fix it, according to French economist Thomas Piketty: Piketty’s terror at rising inequality is an important data point for the reader. It has perhaps influenced his judgment and his tendentious reading of his own evidence. It could … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Can’t wait to hear the rest: In my opinion, a more sound approach to the problem of pigs But does the bot mean the problem faced by pigs, or the problem caused by pigs?
Continue reading →Separated at birth?
I know, I know; the actress in the first photo is a bit older than the actress in the second. But still…
Continue reading →Poll: AGW global warming, belief vs. skepticism
Here’s an interesting poll on the subject: Over the past decade, Americans have clustered into three broad groups on global warming. The largest, currently describing 39% of U.S. adults, are what can be termed “Concerned Believers” — those who attribute … Continue reading →
At war: the two meanings of “liberal”
According to Peter Burrows at Business Week, Stanford law professor Joseph Grundfest remarked, when Brenan Eich was forced to resign as CEO of Mozilla, “This is a particularly fascinating situation, because it involves an illiberal reaction from a very liberal … Continue reading →
Michigan’s anti-affirmative action law stands
SCOTUS has ruled 6-2 (Kagan abstaining) that Michigan’s law against race-based affirmative action is constitutional. In other words, it’s not racial discrimination to ban the sort of racial discrimination that is supposedly designed for the purpose of redressing racial discrimination. … Continue reading →