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1 Oct 2010, 12:52 pm
By J. DeVoy And all it got to show for it was Syphilis and Gonorrhea! No, this isn’t some tribute to Larry Flynt and Hustler’s famous ad about Jerry Falwell; we actually did this. Consistent with the CIA’s penchant for involuntary testing of chemicals – such as LSD on Americans and the French, and extreme [...] [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 10:06 am
As reported in the Houston Chronicle, Governor Perry has selected 14th Court of Appeals Justice Eva Guzman (pictured) to fill the seat recently vacated by former Justice Scott Brister. Justice Guzman will be the first Latina to serve on the Court. Because she is filling an unexpired term, she will stand for election as the incumbent in 2010. The Governor's press release can be found here. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 11:56 am
The Washington Post’s Peter Whoriskey says that the high pay of business executives is largely to blame for the increase in the wealth gap:
[A] mounting body of economic research indicates that the rise in pay for company executives is a critical feature in the widening income gap.
The largest single chunk of the highest-income earners, it turns out, [...] [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 10:56 pm
Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week. This week we discussed federal politics, the Victorian election, The Ashes, defamation on Twitter and WikiLeaks:
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5 Jun 2011, 11:43 pm
Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week. This week we discussed the week in federal politics, morality, HIV infection rates, Syria and the Middle East and the Brisbane Winter Festival:
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9 Dec 2010, 8:11 am
I’ve been pondering for a while what it means to be a true patriot and have finally settled on a definition:
A patriot is someone whom when his government enacts policies with which he agrees prays that he is right and when his government enacts policies with which he disagrees prays, with equal fervor, that he is [...] [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 7:02 am
By Tatiana von Tauber I’m embarrassed to be an American woman with witness to the current state of the Union. Being a woman is without a doubt the most difficult process of becoming I’ve ever undertaken especially since I began my role as a mother 14 years ago. Nothing prepares you for the experience of motherhood better [...] [read post]
26 Jun 2010, 7:34 am
Gary G. of Grasslands, the entreprenuerial blog, tells of a new form of business entity called the B corporation:
Traditionally, business owners have had the same few choices when it comes to incorporating. Either go unincorporated (as a sole proprietor or partnership), or form an LLC, S or C corporation. The differences between these various entities [...] [read post]
17 Dec 2012, 8:44 am
The call for some form of new gun limits got a boost Monday when Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a strong defenders of gun rights in Congress, said it was “time to move beyond rhetoric” and suggested he would be open to restrictions on assault rifles. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 12:55 am
Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week. This week we discussed federal politics, pokies and tax reform, some US politics, Syria and Facebook (among other things):
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30 Jul 2011, 7:45 am
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online talks about the agenda of the poor and the middle class (emphasis added): About 50 percent of taxpayers don’t pay federal income taxes. Almost half of American adults receive either the majority of or all of their income in some form from government. They are naturally desirous of [...] [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 7:08 pm
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Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week.
This week we discussed whether Facebook is making us miserable, the possible regulation of social media in Australian politics, the Republican primary content in America, and federal politics, including possible constitutional recognition of Aboringal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples:
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21 Dec 2009, 8:34 pm
Florida congressman Alan Grayson wants to censor the free speech of American citizen Angie Langley because, he claims, she is running a website pretending to be a member of his voting district and saying things that hurt his feelings: Grayson is so angry about a parody website that he wants the attorney general to prosecute its creator and imprison [...] [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 5:09 am
Daniel J. Mitchell of Cato likes the tax deal for the obvious reason:
There are plenty of reason to like and dislike the tax deal between President Obama and congressional leaders. On the plus side, we dodge a big tax increase for the next two years. We also replace a goofy and ineffective “make work pay” [...] [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 8:13 am
Income equalitarians like President Obama really don’t want to hear that the incomes of the poor and middle class rise when those of the rich rise because it destroys their argument that the rich are benefiting at the expense of the lower classes. Cornell has conducted a study that says just that, once again giving [...] [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 4:29 pm
By Chad Belville, Guest Satyriconista Iowa, a square state in the Heartland, is one of the few states in the US that allows any two adults of legal age to marry, regardless of gender. Unlike every other state where Supreme Courts found that government should legally recognize the unions of two same-sex adults, the Iowa [...] [read post]
8 May 2011, 9:27 pm
Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week. This week we discussed the death of Osama bin Laden, the week in federal politcs, SlutWalking, and I endorsed two new podcasts, The Digital Munch and Manners in the Digital Age:
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2 Nov 2010, 9:34 am
Megan McArdle, business and economics editor for The Atlantic, gives a compelling argument for eliminating corporate taxes:
The FT has a piece today on the administration’s plans to lower the corporate income tax rate in exchange for simplification–getting rid of a bunch of deductions. This is a decent plan–and not just because it’s the Full Employment [...] [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 11:49 am
Looks like Herman Cain is having a three way and not in the awesome sense. A third woman has reportedly come forward with an allegation that Mr. Cain acted inappropriately toward her. While I’m sure someday Mark might take a pro-sexual harassment case to the Supreme Court, arguing for the 1st Amendment right to be [...] [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 6:57 am
Joe Kristan chimes in on the issue of whether the estate tax makes any sense:
David Logan puts it starkly:
Simply put, the federal estate tax does nobody any good.
Why?
Estate taxes are generally levied for two reasons: To break up concentrations of dynastic wealth and to raise significant tax revenues. The seminal 1987 NBER paper by B. [...] [read post]