Month: July 2010

Game

Care to guess which Republican senators will ultimately vote to confirm Elena Kagan?

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Who’s Afraid of Progressive Taxation?

Everyone is so afraid of progressive taxation. Look at where the fear has gotten us: According to the latest data, “the gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest fifths of the...

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Serious Question

While I agree with the Justice Department’s decision to challenge the Arizona immigration law and the New York Times take on that decision, I am not sure about this piece of it: The court has already taken a related...

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Time Blindness

A loss expected to happen next year looks smaller than that same loss happening next week.  Worse yet, a loss or catastrophe that may happen (indeed, is highly likely to happen) decades away is essentially invisible,...

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