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We Would Miss the Filibuster

Mend it, don’t end it. — In the beginning, debate in both houses of Congress was unlimited. Eventually, the growing House created limits on debate, but the smaller Senate still allows unlimited debate on most issues, subject to a vote of cloture, which today requires three fifths of sitting senators. Over the years, senators have used…

Politics

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We Would Miss the Filibuster
We Would Miss the Filibuster
Politics

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The Politics of GameStop

Let me first establish my bona fides. Here’s an excerpt from an article I posted on financial site Seeking Alpha more than ten years ago: The time has come to ban all naked short-side derivatives. The only way to take a net short position on an asset should be traditional…

Gamestop

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Gamestop

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The Dangerous Dynamic of Mail-in Voting

Quantity has a quality all its own. — Fifty years ago, internet fraud wasn’t a thing. But if someone told you in 1980 that you should not expose your personal data on line, would you cite the lack of data breaches at that time as a reason not to worry? What we all do changes what we can…

Politics

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The Dangerous Dynamic of Mail-in Voting
The Dangerous Dynamic of Mail-in Voting
Politics

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Why MMT Matters Now

A little counterfeit never hurt anybody — Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is getting a lot of attention these days. Proponents of MMT tend to be politically liberal, and many use MMT to explain why their schemes for massive government spending won’t bankrupt the country. Of course, those schemes may be bad ideas on their own merits regardless…

Modern Monetary Theory

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Why MMT Matters Now
Why MMT Matters Now
Modern Monetary Theory

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Inflation is Your Friend (or at least the enemy of your enemy)

Inflation is … Inflation is one of the most misunderstood concepts in finance, perhaps because the term is often used imprecisely. …

Money

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Inflation is Your Friend (or at least the enemy of your enemy)
Inflation is Your Friend (or at least the enemy of your enemy)
Money

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Apr 13

Gen G (as in Glock) Gets the Vote

And they do not like guns. — Sandy Hook Elementary happened in 2012. Kids who were eight years old then are old enough to vote now. Stoneman Douglas High happened in 2018. Every student in that school then is old enough to vote now. These young men and women don’t live in Wisconsin, where the “youth” vote…

Guns

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Gen G (as in Glock) Gets the Vote
Gen G (as in Glock) Gets the Vote
Guns

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Apr 7

Tennessee Goddamn

Political Theater of the Absurd — What did they do? On April 6, the Tennessee House kicked out two members. The expulsions are pure political theater; they will have no effect on anything in the state’s government. In Tennessee, if a vacancy arises in the House, an interim representative is appointed by the County Commission for…

Race

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Tennessee Goddamn
Tennessee Goddamn
Race

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Apr 2

Indicting Donald

Some men are above some laws. — Power corrupts. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, not because Nixon deserved to be pardoned, but because prosecuting him would have been bad for the nation. We survived Nixon’s pardon, and, I believe, based solely on what we know so far, that we would survive Donald Trump’s not being prosecuted for…

Trump

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Indicting Donald
Indicting Donald
Trump

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Mar 26

An Open Letter to My Senator

Because the topic isn’t one you want to hear about… — Dear Senator: Ever since I was a child in the 1950’s, I’ve heard that citizens should write to their representatives and senators as a way of helping them do their jobs. If our elected representatives know what voters want, the argument goes, they will know what laws to pass. …

Politics

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An Open Letter to My Senator
An Open Letter to My Senator
Politics

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Mar 18

Cardinal Sin at Stanford Law School

One old lawyer’s two cents — They say you can’t shout “Fire!” in a crowded theater. But, of course, you should do exactly that if you believe the theater is on fire. In doing so, however, you are not exercising your right to free speech; you are sounding an alarm as surely as if you broke…

Stanford

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Cardinal Sin at Stanford Law School
Cardinal Sin at Stanford Law School
Stanford

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