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The Thrill Is Gone, Daily Show Edition
Aww too bad. At first I was elated that the Daily Show was going after somebody who had been a hypocrite in her attack on the Tea Party, but this skit totally breaks down. It is clear she knows what’s going on and is just happy to be on the show. It makes me wonder [...]
Read more“Don’t Count Out Jon Huntsman”
I heard him rallying the troops on an NPR clip. I kid you not, Huntsman actually said with passion, “The people of New Hampshire don’t like to be told for whom they should vote!” I don’t know whether to laugh or salute. People want a politician who says what he thinks is right, not what [...]
Read moreWe Will Not Solve the Debt Issue During This Generation
[Second UPDATE: Gene Callahan wants to be clear that he did acknowledge that he had initially misunderstood Nick Rowe's model. Now that he gets what Rowe was describing, Gene concedes that it is possible, but points out (correctly) that we can achieve the same impact on everyone in the model through government tax-and-transfer actions, rather [...]
Read more“Hey Bob, Your Blog Is Down!”
Yes, I had noticed. (The funny thing is, I could determine how big a fan you were, based on how many days went by before you noticed and emailed me.) I am in the process of moving to a different host. I’ll tell the whole sordid tale once that is down. The URL will still [...]
Read moreWarren Buffett Bask
In his famous op ed in August, Warren Buffett wanted the government to stop coddling him and raise his taxes. He wrote that his federal tax bill was just under $7 million, and that what he “paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income.” OK so presumably that’s because most of his income consists [...]
Read moreContradictions in the Bible?
Last week in the comments, Major Freedom shared a long list of alleged contradictions in the Bible. I thought some of them weren’t very convincing–like wondering why an omniscient God would ask Cain where his brother was–so I asked MF to pare down the list to the ones he thought were really smoking guns. Now [...]
Read moreKrugman Kontradiction on Unemployment Benefits
This is such a good Krugman Kontradiction that it might deserve a new category; call it a Paul Paradox. Dan in the comments referred me to Robert Wenzel, who in turn linked to Ed Yardeni catching Krugman in, well, a typical Kontradiction. My post will actually give you “the rest of the story,” because Yardeni [...]
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