Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the US it was perceived as an unprovoked attack, which broke the domestic political logjam and brought the US into WW II. From the Japanese perspective it was a response to the economic warfare that the US had been waging on Japan …
If a Tree Falls on My House Will Anyone Hear Me Scream
We’ll file this under the joys of home ownership. The neighboring property is a former fraternity house. The fraternity has not existed on campus for several years, and the entire place is run down and they have a diseased/distressed tree that keeps having pieces/parts fall on my property. Dad wants me to just pay to …
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Open Thread: Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn
The man behind Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts says Donald Trump's tax policy will lead to economic 'nirvana' in the US https://t.co/pEZnJUQfbV — Financial Times (@FT) December 7, 2016 Sure, the caption claims that’s Arthur Laffer, of the infamous Laffer curve, but look at that demented grin! Also the guy behind Sam Brownback. And look what …
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Keith Ellison Clears a Hurdle
Today, Rep. Keith Ellison removed one of the barriers to his bid to become DNC chair: He said he’d step down as congressman if elected: WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison will vacate his congressional seat if he wins the chairman job at the Democratic National Committee, he told the Star Tribune Wednesday morning. Ellison …
Moral Action in Trump’s America
I’m way deep in a big project, and rather significantly behind on it too, so my blogging for the next few months is going to be quick-hit stuff rather than anything thought through. I’ll try to make up for that by making it as regular a practice as I can to toss good reads your way. …
Seema Verma and Medicaid
Seema Verma is the projected next head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). She is a perfectly plausible nominee with views that I will seldom agree with. She is the consultant that led to Indiana to develop the HIP V.1 health savings account based Medicaid build-out that was tweaked to become HIP …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Two Americas
54% of us voted against Donald Trump. https://t.co/4fDbNV1DVG — Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) December 4, 2016 Nixon 1960: 49.55%Gore 2000: 48.38%Kerry 2004: 48.26%Ford 1976: 48.01%Romney 2012: 47.15%Trump 2016: 46.17% — David Frum (@davidfrum) December 2, 2016 Another way of visualizing the difference, by the Brookings Institution, as reported in the Washington Post: … According to the …
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