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This month, the first baby boomers turn age 65. Somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000 people a day are going to be entering retirement for the next 15 years. I think this should result in a change in press coverage that will reduce confusion and save valuable ink and paper. Current coverage: Congressman Alltalk today said [...]
Archive for the ‘Don’t Ask’ Category
December 16th, 2010
Stephen Dubner does a gloss on the now familiar finding that we enjoy stuff for reasons far removed from the stuff’s intrinsic properties. His angle is that you will enjoy wine more if you know you paid more for it. I first came upon this proposition many, many years ago, around the time that Philip [...]
September 21st, 2010
Category: Don't Ask
Every Democrat save the two from Arkansas voted to end DADT. Every Republican voted the other way. Who’s to blame, do you think?
May 29th, 2010
As military DADT creeps to its unlamented end, at least one very senior officer appears not to quite get it. In this story, the commandant of the Marine Corps is reported to be advocating separate sleeping quarters for gays. We discussed this five years ago: no, General, unless you think heterosexual sex is so bad [...]
May 24th, 2010
Category: Don't Ask
Real moral courage isn’t standing up to your enemies; it’s standing up to your friends.
