Dear Darla, So here is a topic we should get out of the way early on. It has become, I am afraid, an inflammatory topic in our culture more broadly, and this despite being one that ought to ...
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The Fraught Topic of Modesty
Even If the Debt Were Increasing in Real Terms
“If the government debt load is shrinking relative to the GDP, then we are moving in a direction where government spending has decreasing influence over a growing economy.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 45
Important Lecture at the Nuart
For those of you who are local, there is an exciting lecture tomorrow night at the Nuart that I wanted to make sure you all knew about.More information and the link to register is here. The event is free but they still would like you to register. And please know that the form says that …
Can’t Do Everything
“It seems to me that our team is really good at explaining the fact of having fallen off the skyscraper, and really bad at judging the distance to the sidewalk.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 20
Fewer Letters Than Normal But We Think It Is a Computer Glitch and Not the FBI
Letter to the Editor: "…wrapped in the mantle of a prevenient surrender…" I will be adding this to my personal inventory. It is one of the best short phrases that most aptly describes ...
Wailing for Tammuz at Wheaton
Introduction: You only need to watch the first fifteen minutes or so of the embedded video below in order to see that all is not well at Wheaton. Everything about this dialog between Wesley ...
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Like a Balloon
“Given the amount of helium we have been pumping into the economy in recent years, it is a very real question to me why that economy hasn’t floated off yet.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 4
A Land Grant State College
Pick Your Poison
“We talk about how reckless government spending really is a catastrophic thing, but how the looming catastrophe might not be what everyone was anticipating—more like carbon monoxide poisoning than a giant fireball.”
Mis-Inflation, p. vi
Job Opening in Moscow
Well, there is a job opening with the City of Moscow. They are advertising a job opening in the legal department, as they are looking for a prosecuting attorney, and the information can be found here. You might want to not mention that I sent you.