Thursday, March 31, 2005

Droppers, Walkers, and Pickers

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For my many sins as a bureaucrat, I fully expect to be reincarnated as a lower form of life, perhaps an economist. Here's some meditatio...

We're Rich, Say George Will and Rep. Linder

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Let me take a cheap shot at George Will's column today, boosting Rep. Linder (R-GA) flat tax plan. "Linder says Americans spend 7...
Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Shredding Documents at the UN, Does It Matter?

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The answer: "it all depends". Mr. Volcker, in the Lehrer interview last night referred to a "chron" file that was destro...
Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Sexy Work??

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Ann Gerhart has an article : in the Post on the changing of the old Civil Service personnel system. "Hundreds of thousands of federal ...

The Legislative Cycle--S.385 Analysis

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Here is the text of S. 385, from Thomas: My comments in bold. 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 385 To amend the Food Security Act of 198...
Friday, March 25, 2005

Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Food Guide (revised)

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A guide to almost all the restaurants in the DC area. (Where does he get the time and money?) --Revision------ Hmm--is ethnic food the reas...

How Do We Bind Outselves for the Future?

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The Schiavo cases turns up interesting points: Robert P. George on Terri Schiavo on National Review : "it is a mistake to assume that p...

What's the Argument for Death

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Interesting point in the Slate Fray on Schiavo by Thrasymachus: Slate Magazine : "Ah, but why wouldn't I want to be kept alive in t...

Against the Conventional Wisdom

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John Kenneth Galbraith is one of my heroes. Not only is he Scots-Irish and one of the early bureaucrats in the Agricultural Adjustment Admi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Richard Hatch and the IRS, Redux

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Richard Hatch backed out of a deal with the IRS. There was a radio report that he claimed that IRS never told him how much taxes he needed t...