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Bloomberg Piece on the Contra Cruise

Here it is.

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“Black Mirror” and the Need for Jesus

I have been very impressed with the Black Mirror series. I am way behind (I only started watching them this year, I believe) but wanted to write a quick post concerning one of the episodes… (Note that there are major spoilers, in case you are only starting the series yourself.) The episode starts showing a […]

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Bob Dissects Chappelle’s Special, “Sticks & Stones”

Lots of good feedback on this one already. Surprised? Give it a shot.

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I’m Pretty Sure I LOL’d

…when I first encountered the Abstract of a paper talking about the 1.5 degree target, where one of the authors was a Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on the 1.5C target. I wrote up the tale for IER.

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I Spend 2 Hours Talking About the Austrian School

This was a super geeky (and hence awesome) conversation.

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BMS Episode 59

This was a fun and informative one. The guest, Marsha Enright, actually founded a Montessori school near Chicago when her daughter was graduating from the elementary-level one and there were no choices beyond. But the reason I booked her for the show, is that she opposes school vouchers as dangerous for the (semi-)independence of private […]

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Contra Krugman Twin Spin

I think I am behind in posting on these. Because Krugman’s articles were so weak, we just fielded listener topics for episodes 203 and 204.

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Carlos Explains His Absence

…in the latest Lara-Murphy Show. He had a medical issue over the summer but is on the path to a full recovery.

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