I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mahlon Mitchell, and not just because he’s a firefighter, the head of Wisconsin’s firefighters association, and a leader who has fought like hell against Walker’s decimation of collective bargaining rights. I’ve had the opportunity to speak with Mitchell a few times over the past several months, and [...]
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This just makes me sick. It takes pure, unmitigated gall for Gov. Scott Walker to sing “We Shall Overcome” given what he’s done to Wisconsin since he was sworn into office, and his ouster can’t come soon enough. Or Italy, or Ireland, or Portugal or now even France. No… We’re not like them at all. Anyone who tells you that we are is either lying to you or is too stupid to understand why the United States (like the UK) is in a much different circumstance. We are not like the Eurozone. Greece, [...] According to multiple news reports, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the Republican presidential race. After eschewing campaigning in Iowa before the Iowa Caucuses, Huntsman focused his campaign’s time and resources in New Hampshire, where he finished an underwhelming third. According to some polling, Huntsman was trailing Stephen Colbert in the South [...] Noah Smith, one of my favorite economics bloggers, produced a list of 7 principles you need to know when arguing with economists. Many of them are generally applicable to arguing with “experts” in general. Well worth a look. My favorite principle is one that I will call “The Krugman Principle.” Principle 7: The message is [...] |
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