We spend an awful lot of time talking about what government should and should not do in our society. Most of the time the argument revolves around whether or not if left to its own devices would the private sector…
Category: The Role of Government
30 years of false representation: A love letter to charts
Suffice it to say you will not make a good impression with me by singing the praises of Ronald Reagan. I don’t think he was evil, I think he had an ideology that he truly believed would lead to a…
Gold Fever
I get asked from time to time what my process is. How do I come up with the topics I discuss here… Okay no one actually asks that, I’m actually just grateful people sometimes take time out of their busy…
Zero tolerance is the same as intolerance
It seems like a simple enough concept, but it is hard to avoid the fact that our tolerant world is becoming less than. Three strikes and your out, turns into one strike and now I have leverage over you. It…
If not now when?
Today has been an insane day for me quite of few things have popped up and it has my head spinning but I can’t let this day end with out shouting in the darkness about what happened yesterday . Last…
Free Market Fallacy
One of the frequent topics of conservatives and libertarians is the notion of market freedom. The idea is often expressed with longing. Take for example the discussion of the 2008 credit crisis. The story is often told how Fannie mae…
Naked Numbers
When I was taking heat transfer as an undergrad one aspect of problem solving that was vital to making sure you arrived at the proper answer was the need to be consistent with your units of measure. It was drilled…
How Unions Work
30 Thousand Municipal workers and Supporters making a difference image courtesy of the chronicle of higher education I put this together for my union to promote an upcoming rally, I thought I might share it with you because the the…
Governing to the 1%
Governing to the 1% There has been a lot of discussion about guns in the wake of the Arizona shooting. People have been trying to see how they can prevent the next tragedy and people in the days that followed…
How about erring on the side of life of the would-be-mother?
In the Pro-life vs. Pro-choice debate there is one argument that the pro-lifer’s throw up that they feel has no response. The so called erring on the side of life. The idea being, since no one can truly say when…