Monday, May 31, 2021

Bolton and Trump

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 Reading "The Room Where It Happened " by John Bolton. It's Trump porn, appealing to my liberal distrust of Trump and his admi...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

More Freedom to Choose

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 Rachel Laudan has a recent post   on the variety of food stores within a 6 mile radius of her Cincinnati home. I could do a similar post ab...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

Memories of the Filibuster and House Rules

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 Yesterdays failure in the Senate to take up the Jan 6 commission bill has evoked renewed discussion of the filibuster. My memory of politic...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Unmaking the Presidency

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 As a glutton for punishment I'm reading that book .  One chapter discusses the Mueller investigation in the context of special prosecu...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

Rebellion Versus Riot

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 Elizabeth Hinton  (who was on BBC news yesterday) argues for "rebellions" instead of "riots" to describe the events in ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Second Thoughts on Inflation

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 I blogged previously worrying about the impact of inflation, if it occurs, on people on fixed incomes. I've a second thought--it may ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

On Homicide

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Megan McArdle has a twitter thread going on the rise in homicide rates. (Kevin Drum has pointed out that while homicides have risen, violent...
Monday, May 24, 2021

On Reading But Not Understanding

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 Bob Somerby today has a post about Godel and Wittgenstein. It seems he got deeply into philosophy in his college days, and he often refers...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Inflation Worries

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 Seeing media stories about the possibility of inflation.  Apparently the Biden administration is not worrying, nor is the Fed.   I understa...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

Hidden Factors in Economic History

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 I'm intrigued by the idea that some hidden factors account for economic gains: The invention of eyeglasses. That must have significantl...