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It Ought To Be a Crime
Yesterday, four more public officials associated with the lead-tainted drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, were charged with serious crimes that could put them in prison for up to twenty years. Two of the new defendants are former emergency financial … Continue reading
Shocking Development: Electrified Chastity Belt Sales Soar in Wake of Trump Win
A medieval device of female oppression has gotten a 21st century upgrade – and the designers are two women with newly minted engineering degrees from Michigan State University. Rachel Weinstein and Alexandra Cho came up with the concept four years … Continue reading
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Democrats: Work with Republicans on Healthcare
My wife is a doctor in a specialty with a lot of subspecialties. In order to ensure that the contracted hospitals receive complete subspecialty coverage every day of the year, vacations are chosen using “pods” of doctors with similar skills, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Healthcare, U.S. Politics, Uncategorized
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The New, New Jim Crow
I’ve been thinking about writing on this topic for quite a while, but a post by John Scalzi (http://whatever.scalzi.com/2016/11/10/the-cinemax-theory-of-racism/) gave me the push I needed. First of all, I offer my apologies to Michelle Alexander who wrote The New Jim … Continue reading
Most Americans May Actually Want Higher Taxes, but Don’t Realize It
To be more precise, they really just want to feel more secure, and they don’t realize that a strong central government can provide that security. Libertarians definitely don’t feel this way, nor do many of those who refer to the … Continue reading
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Are Trump & Putin Fomenting Revolution?
As I was listening to the news, with all the drama of this strange presidential election and the Russian hacking, I was transported back to my college days. Specifically, I recall those all-night games of Risk we would play on … Continue reading
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Economic Refugee Votes May Impact the Election
In the United States, our experience with economic refugees is typically from news reports, and the most memorable example in recent years would be the large number of children crossing the southern border in 2014 and 2015. In Europe, it’s … Continue reading
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Is Donald Trump Trying to Throw This Election?
Much of this information was in yesterday’s post, but I thought it needed a more prominent presentation. This was somewhat of a surprise revelation that grew out of the reverse engineering idea. We’ll blame it on the creative process. It … Continue reading
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How Donald Trump Reverse Engineered the Presidential Race
Do you know how you feel good when a story makes you laugh out loud? You can be alone in your car on a highway full of desperate souls returning from a day at the office. You’re driving along with … Continue reading
The Winds of Change Fill Trump’s Sails
The Trump faithful are really faithful. Not all are for Donald Trump as opposed to against Hilary Clinton, but still they seem to be unshakable in their support for the republican presidential candidate. They stick with him regardless of what … Continue reading
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A One Man Think Tank 