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How the Recession Affects Me
On my bike ride this morning, I passed through several of Chicago’s northern suburbs, and I noticed the horrendous condition of many of the roads. Over the 50 miles of riding, I had to pass over pot holes, rough patches, and cracks that are worse than any time in recent memory. Of course, this should [...]
July 18, 2009
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One Small Step for Man
July 20 marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The New York Times has a nifty little interactive piece which gives a short account of the recollections of the landing by 24 different people. All the people are either famous (Tom Seaver, Gloria Steinem, Barney Frank) or otherwise involved with space, physics, [...]
July 15, 2009
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Not All Taxes Are Equal
In an editorial in the Globe and Mail Jeffrey Simpson reported that Canadian Prime Minister (yes, Canada!) Stephen Harper stated that he doesn’t “believe that any taxes are good taxes.” While this is a fun political statement, and a nice sound bite, it’s hard to believe that the Prime Minister of Canada does not believe [...]
July 14, 2009
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Papal Encyclical: Pope Benedict and the Economy
Pope Benedict XVI has issued a Papal encyclical that gives the Vatican’s stance on the need to rethink the world economy. The Pope is critical of markets and calls for an international organization to regulate markets world-wide. Why exactly the Pope is weighing in on economic issues is a bit beyond me. Part of it [...]
July 8, 2009
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The Great Game Version Two?
When everyone is dead the Great Game is finished. Not before.
-Hurree Babu in Rudyard Kipling’s, Kim, 1901
The Great Game describes the behind-the-scenes diplomacy and spy games played by the British and Russians for supremacy in Central Asia during the mid and late 1800s. Made famous by the Rudyard Kipling novel, Kim, it was a [...]
July 3, 2009
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