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Thomas Friedman and Budget Priorities

A couple of days ago Thomas Friedman wrote one of his typical pieces for the New York Times [NYT January 4th.]. The thrust of his argument was that external threats to American power were less significant than internal threats such as the soaring cost of entitlement programs especially those for health care. He also mentioned […]

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AEI – Short Publications

So I’m back from the holidays: Happy New Year to you all. For starters here is a piece at the American Enterprise Institute [a right wing think tank] by Greg Mankiw, Bush’s former economic advisor: AEI – Short Publications. My reaction is mixed, although he touches on a few things I have advocated myself, such […]

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Intelligent Design

I cannot let the chance slip: a judge in Pennsylvania slammed Intelligent Design. The New York Times editorial about it is here: Intelligent Design Derailed. My point is simple: Intelligent Design is not science, it never was and never will be. For something to be scientific it has to be refutable through experiment or observation. […]

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