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Monthly Archives: September 2011
“The worst idea ever”
That is how Tyler Cowen describes Obama’s idea to make it illegal for companies (with more than 15 employees) to refuse to hire job applicants on the basis of their being unemployed. I agree with Cowen (I’m assuming he’s being … Continue reading
Answer to Running Puzzle
Here is the answer to the running puzzle I posted last month: In short, the simple version of the puzzle is that you are going to run around a track for 30 minutes, at the same time that you know your … Continue reading
Glenn Greenwald Confuses the Readers
He explains that recent Wikileaks cables reveal that U.S. forces may have murdered several Iraqi civilians (including women and children) in their house, and later covered it up with an airstrike on that house. Then he complains that the U.S. … Continue reading