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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Did the End of the Draft Spur the Big Sort?

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The "big sort" is the label applied to the increasing polarization between Democrats and Republicans, where the differences withi...

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Cowen and McChrystal

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Cowen's interview with McChrystal--what struck me: he supports a draft, to get away from restricted recruiting from South and Midweat ...

Saturday, May 18, 2019

National Service Concerns

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Some discussion these days from Dem candidates about "national service". I guess I'm generally favorable to the idea, but wi...

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Decompressing from Taxes: the Draft

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Just finished doing taxes, so a few random thoughts: There's a survey out showing that Americans have a sense of social cohesion from ...

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Women and the Draft

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Ann Althouse has a post on this subject , keyed to the idea of registering women for the draft, since men are required to register, and wome...

Friday, November 13, 2015

Mobility and the Draft

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Here's a piece on the decline of geographic mobility in the US. The focus is more on short distance moves than long distance moves. ...

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Draft for Women? Blast from Past

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I was a draftee. Can you believe that the wikipedia entry for "draft" refers to a sports draft? If you want the real thing, yo...

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