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I wish that Fat Tony Scalia was only a bit player on The Sopranos rather than a member of a five-man oligarchy.
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April 24th, 2012
Category: Uncategorized
Paul Krugman asks; “What Would Professor Bernanke Do?” Dr. Krugman concludes that the Chairman should read some of his (Bernanke’s) old papers and pursue the policies that in the past he had supported. Krugman argues that such policies will ignite some inflation but will lower current unemployment. Dr. Krugman offers some decent but not [...]
April 22nd, 2012
Category: Uncategorized
Gary Becker is not optimistic about the growth of the U.S manufacturing sector. Here is my response to Becker’s post. He would not offer this sector a strategic “Big Push”. Here is a direct quote. “President Obama, in his State of the Union address, advocated special tax breaks and support for the manufacturing sector. I [...]
April 21st, 2012
Category: Health and Medicine, Uncategorized
If there is any interest, I could post an essay toying with some ideas about how to tweak the Americans with Disabilities Act so that government employers actually obey it. For the moment, I’ll simply note that gimps such as myself are well advised to have a Plan B for when they don’t. If you [...]
April 16th, 2012
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MIT’s superstar Daron Acemoglu is producing children and new ideas. As he thinks ahead about his grandchildren’s future quailty of life, he has released this “big think” NBER Working Paper. He returns to some of the big themes of his recent book; “Why Nations Fail” . The abstract of his paper highlights his ambitious agenda; “Following [...]
April 15th, 2012
Category: Uncategorized
At the end of the day, the NY Times votes on “who is an important person” when it chooses who earns an obituary. Today, the Public Editor writes about the Times’ hard choices. As an academic, I have been surprised that academics appear to be greatly over-represented in the obituary pool. Is it because we [...]
April 12th, 2012
Category: Uncategorized
At the end of a semester, university students fill out teaching evaluations. The students can write whatever they want and hand in their bubble sheets and their written comments. Do other students at the same university have the right to see these comments as they choose whether to take a course with that professor? My [...]
April 10th, 2012
Category: Uncategorized
Thanks for raising the issue, Keith! You’re right; there will not be a recurrence of the Zanesville zoo situation, but a ban on the sale of exotics as pets is sorely needed. Unfortunately the Ohio legislation is only designed to regulate the keeping of potentially lethal animals, and to protect the public, not the animals. [...]
