The New Abnormal: With Friends Like Us…
Scott Gilmore at McLeans has an article on Canada making an effective response to the new trade tariffs decreed by
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A Modest Proposal on Online Stores and Taxes
If sales made online must be taxed (and I don’t see that as a horrible thing), we immediately run into
Read moreThe New Abnormal: On the Outs with the Trumps
An MSN news article relates the curious case of Ms. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, friend (or perhaps former friend) of First
Read moreMoving Window Averages and Ocean Acidification
There’s an interesting study on carbon dioxide effects on ecosystems. I’m trying to lay my hands on the full paper,
Read moreAnother Child Sex Criminal in the Trump Camp
It isn’t just campaign workers anymore. The “Trump.Dating” matching website (I am not making this up) previously featured a photo
Read moreThe New Abnormal: School Shootings and Fire Alarms
Here’s what we have come to now. We need to have a cost-benefit analysis with Bayesian statistics to determine whether
Read moreTrump Campaign in the News: Nolan Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking
Besides standing up for domestic spouse abusers, Donald Trump now has a record of multiple convicted child sex traffickers as
Read moreCan You Smell That Smell?
There’s a meme going around dissing Nancy Pelosi for a sour face allegedly during the part of the State Of
Read moreNet Neutrality: Crafting a Winning Legal Strategy
In the wake of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) abdicating all regulatory oversight of internet service (1), various state Attorneys
Read moreMerry Kitzmas! Times Twelve
Twelve years flew by from the date Judge John E. Jones III handed down his decision in the Kitzmiller et
Read moreNet Neutrality: Prepare to Fight
Given that the FCC has ceded almost all regulations on internet service providers and consumers are on their own (modulo
Read moreTax Bill Horribleness: The Great Unknown
The US Senate has passed its version of a tax change bill, enshrining as potential law some 500 pages of
Read moreTax Bill Horribleness: Chained CPI
The Los Angeles Times has an article on the proposed tax bill’s inclusion of “chained consumer price index (CPI). It
Read moreTrump Campaign in the News: Get Shortey
Item #8 returned by Google Search for “Trump Campaign” this morning is this article about Ralph Shortey, former Trump campaign
Read moreThe Bear Turns?
The Hill reports that Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer members of Donald Trump’s campaign met with in the summer of
Read moreMonday’s News
Yes, politics again. Monday saw two indictments revealed in the investigation of Russian interference in the US 2016 elections and
Read moreThat Facebook Meme About Sexual Harassment
On Facebook (and probably Twitter, though I haven’t checked), a meme is doing the rounds. Me too. If all the
Read moreLooking Back at Election 2016, Part 2
The Washington Post had an article by Callum Borchers about Bernie Sanders on Stephen Colbert’s TV show, where Colbert is
Read moreLooking Back at Election 2016
Recent items about Hillary Clinton reflecting on the 2016 campaign caused me to look back at things said way back
Read moreSanders, Clinton, and Voter Defection
My social media got lit up with posts about how there were enough people who voted for Bernie Sanders in
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