I know I'm not the first to think of the classic "one of these is not like the others" Sesame Street song when it comes to this story, but it can't not be said. From the CNN article: "What do software mogul Bill Gates and banking investor Warren Buffett have in common with wanted Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera? They are all ( Read more... )

I almost wanted to do a comparison of fiscal and monetary policy, but I don't know if it can really be done since the biggest proponents of monetary policy say the best monetary policy is to not do anything. How boring. I guess I just wanted to write about fiscal policy anyway, and deficit spending in particular ( Read more... )

     I guess if there was a book I would want to write, that might be the title. I'm concerned about the future and I have more reasons to be every day, mostly because I learn something new every day and everything I've learned so far supports this concern. But the thing that worries me most is how uninterested so many people are.

Even among ( Read more... )

    When I was 16 and learned a friend of mine was a vegetarian I berated her for hypocrisy because she drove a car. When I was 19 and learning that some of my friends were vegetarian, I challenged them to tell me why but would not accept an argument of morality as stronger than my argument that meat was delicious.

Living in Portland I've long ( Read more... )