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Breaking Free from Political Polarization?

     There have been many alternatives to the classic “political compass”. Bruce Pardy from the American Institute for Economic Research discusses just such an alternate view to the more familiar political compass, or simple Left/Right graph. Tweet

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Happy New Year!

     Have a Happy, and safe, New Year!      Enjoy a tasty beverage (or ten)! Tweet

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     Just doing a little end-of-year cleaning out the Blogroll by removing defunct blogs. Four blogs that were listed in the sidebar is now pining for the fjords, and no longer exist. If it is your blog or if it has … Continue reading

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 10)

     With the Presidential election less than a week away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The tenth … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween! (2024)

     Here is the silent film classic The Haunted House from 1908.      May it be less scary than all the political ads you’ve been getting! Tweet

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Our Manichean Political World

     It feels, especially online, that more and more people are falling into a manichean trap—imposing a false dilemma fallacy upon themselves (and others)—not by categorizing others as being not on your side but by categorizing your side as not being … Continue reading

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Busy February, Light Posting

     Posting this year has already been light, and due to a plethora of real life work “emergencies”, February will likely also involve light posting as well. Tweet

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Happy National Hat Day!

     Today isn’t just Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the Iowa Caucus, it’s National Hat Day! Tweet

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Happy New Year!

     Have a Happy, and safe, New Year!      Enjoy a tasty beverage (or ten)! Tweet

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Blogroll Cleanup 2023

     Just doing a little end-of-year cleaning out the Blogroll by removing defunct blogs. Only one blog that was listed in the sidebar is now pining for the fjords, and no longer exist. If it is your blog or if it … Continue reading

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