Monday, October 08, 2007

On Not Closing FSA Offices (How Congress Works)

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FSA decided not to close 5 county offices in NY (including my birth county). Strange--while I've noted that other States have modified ...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

How The Melting Pot Works

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The Post had an interesting article on the cultural problems between Korean-American business owners and managers and Hispanic employees. ...

Remember Saipan?

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One of the WWII battles, but now the site of an FSA meeting, according to this piece. The legacies of history.
Saturday, October 06, 2007

Organic Farming, Some Realities

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Via John Phipps , a Cornell professor's observations on some practicalities of going purely organic in Bangladesh. (A quick summary--o...
Friday, October 05, 2007

When Is a Farmer a Farmer?

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When he's a Fairfax trial lawyer earning $500 an hour and a candidate for county supervisor? The Post reported yesterday Gary Baise coll...
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Immigration Linkage?

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This Post article describes a linkage between immigration and housing--actually two linkages: immigration swelled as more jobs working in ...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Prediction--This Blog Will Fold

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The government has a new blog. I've been meaning to post on the redundancies in government outreach but I'm rushed today so I'll...

"Legacy of Ashes"

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Reading this history of the CIA--it's readable and seems authoritative, although rarely praising the CIA. It also doesn't put Presi...

Us Millionaires Are Too Damn Rich

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From the Wall Street Journals blog, a report of a report on worldwide wealth: Millionaire households (those with $1 million or more in ass...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Bureaucratic Meetings

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I realize the title is sort of redundant. Mr. Munger describes "The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness"