Friday, July 31, 2009

Don't No Economists Know What's Going On

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That's my interpretation of this from the CBO directors' blog (a report on how well their predictions compare with OMB and private...

ACRE and FSA

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ACRE has been getting a lot of mention in the stuff I follow. Here's an example, at extension.org. What bothers me, perhaps wrongly, ...

The Anti-Pollan

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Via Chris Clayton at DTN, here's an article by a Missouri, who takes on Michael Pollan and others. He makes a number of good points, ...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Surprising Factoid on Education

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From the 1930 blog (quoting WSJ editor): "You have mentioned various reasons for the continued progress and prosperity of the US, but y...

The White "Community"

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I got an email from Jewish Week, the title of which started: "dealing with shame in the Jewish community " (in reference to the ar...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

FSA Disses Organics

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Unfortunately, the number of unique acronyms available is limited, so the "FSA" reported here is the UK's Food Standards Agen...

Mirror Images: Public Option, Charter Schools?

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I was struck watching a Lehrer discussion of health care with Ezra Klein and someone else by these thought: Aren't the arguments for and...

Most Unexpected Words Today

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From a Washington Post piece on Julia Childs' friends reacting to the new movie: "She loved chicken and hot dogs from Costco,...

Downward Mobility [Updated]

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The Post reports on a Pew study which says black middle class children more often grow up in poorer neighborhoods than do white middle clas...

Rambling Thoughts on Deference, and Substitute Teachers

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One of the threads of discussion on the Gates/Crowley affair is the issue of deference: does one owe deference to a police officer? How abo...