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The Meaning of Aaron Swartz

This weekend has seen a flurry of comment about Aaron Swartz, whose recent suicide has set me thinking about the way in which society is dogged by bureaucracy that serves either itself or a limited elite. So many of the rules that beset us all on a daily basis exist only to protect the interests […]

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Health Care – Quick Note

I won’t be adding much for a day or two, but I want to point you all to a damning report. Damning, that is, of the state of American’s health. When compared with a large group of other advanced industrialized nations the US performs really badly. Appallingly might be a more apt term. It ranks […]

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Platinum Solution

You’ve all heard about it. And yes, it’s true. It is not a joke. The Treasury Department is fully authorized to mint platinum coins. And yes it could do so to avoid any fracas over the debt ceiling. All it has to do is mint a coin or coins and then deposit them at the […]

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