We’re still a long way from actual primary voting, but it’s never too early for polling! In any case, Not Paul Begala at Blog, P.I directs our attention to the latest round of polling regarding the upcoming Democratic primary. He also puts up a handy chart (which I have shamelessly hot-linked):
As you can […]
I was going to post about the content of this piece in today’s Express-News, but I can’t even force myself to read the whole thing. It’s about a possible voucher program for special-ed kids, which seems like a damn fine idea, but I’m not here to talk about that. I’m here to talk about […]
It’s good to see Frank back posting at NFLL, and it’s interesting to see that he’s calling himself a libertarian now, but I don’t entirely endorse his position in the linked post. Frank says:
Libertarians who continue to vote Republican slavishly, and I claim voting in this election is voting slavishly, face a very real […]
Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution points to a post by The Angry Professor about a new budgetary system at LSU.
In essence the professor seems to be angry that departments are forced into competition with each other for students and therefore funding under the new scheme. His main complaint seems to be this:
The marginal departments, […]
I was talking to my girlfriend last night, in my usual service as assistant for the “International Debate” class she’s currently taking and the subject of kleptocracy came up, I believe in the context of a larger discussion about the IMF and World Bank. I don’t rightly recall, actually, but it was something like […]
One thing that’s always given me fits in life, one thing of many, is that so many people have a difficult time extending examples into processes by which they can solve other, similar problems. Sort of like that kid in your algebra class in junior high who, no matter what, couldn’t understand that solving […]
Mark Thoma has a pretty concise and very accessible op-ed from a couple of days back that’s probably the best simple explanation of tax theory I’ve seen. Read if you’re interested.
He’s also totally correct that there’s no basis for choosing between policies (each has costs and benefits) using a Positive Economic approach. […]
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrock have been talking about animal welfare. Cowen also has a new essay on the subject up.
Now, I am of the firm opinion that animal welfare is completely unimportant as far as animals raised for food/clothing are concerned. It doesn’t much matter to me how farm animals are treated. […]
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