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Month: October 2013

  • On Time, Pt. 1

    This is a first of a series on time, apparently. Time is great. Time is. If you ask most people what their time is worth, they’ll think it’s an absurd question. Obviously, you can’t put a value on their time. Who do you think you are? Just like most progressive…

  • A bit on Ignorance

    I’m fascinated by ignorance for several reasons: 1. Few people completely understand it because few spend actual time acknowledging their ignorance, understanding why it’s there, and what it actually means. Can I identify something if I don’t understand it? Is ignorance a bad thing? If so, why? Everyone takes it…

  • The Shutdown: Blame Republicans but Watch the Democrats

    I wrote an email to my political mailing list on August 21, 2011 entitled “Does the White House have Power?”  At that time, many mainstream Democrats insisted that Barack Obama was an innocent victim of an intransigent Congress, that he ardently supported progressive priorities like a public health care option…