Health care: What Nate Silver says
Too tired to write a full post about health care, so just read what Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight says. The comments are a good, if ridiculous, read too. People still don’t seem to get that health...
View ArticleThe tempest over Obama’s school speech
The controversy surrounding today’s speech to school children by President Obama really did become ridiculous. In the end, I hope that the text of the message, and its non-political content, will put...
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Independence Day Photos
I took some pictures of the fireworks in Minneapolis on July 4th, and they are available here. Samples below the jump. I like this one because you can just barely see a bottle rocket heading into the...
View ArticleCombination Of The Two
I saw this touching story on the MPR website a few days ago, and paid special attention to the comments. Usually, when there are stories like this, somebody will come along to say that doing something...
View ArticleDivision I Stupidity
There’s little to add to my friend Murali’s thoughts on the Penn State shame, but it’s still fun to try. I’ve also had a pretty dim view of Division I college sports ever since I was in school when...
View ArticleChanging the cost of college
Recently, the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management put forward a plan to charge more in tuition for undergraduates than the rest of the U. The plan, which would charge an extra $2,000...
View ArticleEverything’s Fine!
I’m pretty much blatantly ripping off Atrios for this one, but it is what it is: just incredible. Guy steals $69,000 of money that isn’t his, he gets arrested and charged with felonies. Guys steal $1.6...
View ArticleStir-Fried Random
Via Reddit, I saw this gem about a guy who essentially did a self-IPO and puts shares of himself up for bid to raise money. The result was that his investors had an outsized effect on his life, going...
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