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Sunday, November 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders Is No Good Guy
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The election is over, but I feel I need to say something about Bernie Sanders. I want to push back on something I kept hearing during the p...
Courting the Libertarian Vote
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In the 2012 and 2016 elections, I saw a lot of noise being made about the third-party voters being “spoilers.” As in, we weirdos who voted ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
How to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions
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The concept of a “pre-existing condition” misses the point. As a property and casualty actuary, every time I hear it I think, "If acqu...
Thomas Sowell on Different Meanings of the Word "Racism"
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This passage is from Race and Cultures: A World View by Thomas Sowell. Pages 154-155: One of the most used and least defined words in t...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Let's Talk Policy. Not Motives. Not Virtue. Just Policy.
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What passes for "political" commentary these days usually has nothing whatsoever to do with policy. If anyone is actually intere...
Monday, November 7, 2016
The “Name a Logical Fallacy” Fallacy
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Here’s another item for my “bad comments” list. This is different from the argument from fallacy (or fallacy fallacy), which involves reje...
Sunday, November 6, 2016
How Much Should the Legal System Respond to Public Outrage?
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“After all the outrage on social media over the not guilty verdict (or light sentence), we’re going to have a re-trial. Don’t worry, folks....
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