Years ago in my irresponsible youth, I traded futures. Fingers appropriately burned, I gave it up. But in talking to a friend who thinks he can cash...
I think that can be a morally defensible position, but if we were to adopt such a system we would need some sort of guardian ad litem to advocate on...
If you take the position that a concern for life is somehow invalidated by all those other issues, aren’t you saying the same would apply to any life...
That is a perfectly acceptable argument if you are convinced a fetus isn’t human or if you are comfortable with the idea that a mother has the right...
Recently had to do some traveling in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (stolen from Wisconsin in a corrupt bargain, but that’s another discussion), and...
I’m very similar to you. Cash reserves in a short term government fund, and the rest in an oh-so-boring. (I hope) 60/40 portfolio. No market timing,...
I have been on dairy farms in August that smelled better than the NYC subway system. But unless you’ve got a fortune to spend, it’s probably the only...
I think there is a difference between not imposing somebody’s “stories about their lived experiences” on the first grade curriculum and telling them...
He did tear into it, didn’t he? How it fails on a financial, legal, policy and moral basis. Pretending its an equity issue requires a profound level...
I think for most of us “reasonable” is sort of like pornography: we have trouble defining it but we recognize it when we see it. I also think it’s a...
That seems to have been Obama’s argument. Over the last century or so, Progressives have progressed from trusting the wisdom of the people to feeling...
Heard a podcast yesterday about Obama’s recent speech on the topic. The usual masterpiece of preening hypocrisy. Our democracy will “wither and die”...
I think that’s very true. With such a crowd of voices clamoring to explain the world to us, many have retreated into speaking in simplistic, symbolic...
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