Stuart Jeffries, in the Guardian, teaches us some economics about the Joy Of Giving. deadweight loss: losses to one person that are not offset by the gains to someone else. Waldfogel estimates the global deadweight loss of Christmas 2006 to … Continue reading
We live less than 1/2 a mile and two tiny streets away from the 9 year old’s school and she asked if it would be OK for her to walk to school on her own. I asked The Google what … Continue reading
Here’s a civic dilemma for you. Santa Clara wanted to set aside some open space for recreation and the general enjoyment of the people and put an initiative on the ballot to raise the funds. It passed. But the California … Continue reading
I read about america’s worst mom when she became famous last year. She has a book out. The media dubbed me “America’s Worst Mom.†(Go ahead—Google it.) But that’s not what I am. I really think I’m a parent who … Continue reading
This one might get me in trouble despite my best efforts to not offend.Sorry in advance. If you read as many conservative blogs as I do, you may have seen the celebrations over the latest Gallup poll. David Frum has … Continue reading
“The United States is a country that takes human rights seriously. We do not torture. It’s against our laws and against our values. And we expect all those who serve America to conduct themselves accordingly, and we enforce those rules…America … Continue reading
I recently finished Michael Shermer’s Science of Good and Evil and reviewed it on Facebook. I have been enjoying Michael Shermer’s blog and writings in Skeptic magazine for a while now. His interviews with creationists are particularly spectactular. This book? … Continue reading
I have been keeping bookmarks of the many, many blogs about the torture memos over the last few days meaning to summarize them but, ultimately, I decided the whole thing was too depressing and I let the whole sordid business … Continue reading
Richard Armitage on the Bush administration’s decision to depart from the Geneva Conventions.