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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
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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
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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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Nov 16

The “Republican” Debate That Coulda Woulda Shoulda Been

On November 9, 2023, five Republican also-rans got together to tell us why they should be their party’s nominee. What follows is a transcript of the first round of questions from the moderator, Lester Holt of NBC News. Because politicians tend to be verbose, and, on occasion, evasively circumlocutory, I…

Politics

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The “Republican” Debate That Coulda Woulda Shoulda Been
The “Republican” Debate That Coulda Woulda Shoulda Been
Politics

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Sep 16

Why Hunter Biden had to be Charged

No, it’s not politics. — Imagine you are filling out Form 4473, the Federal form required for a gun purchase, and you encounter this “warning” at the signature line: Under 18 U.S. Code §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a)(2), providing a knowingly false answer to any question on this form is a felony punishable by a fine…

Hunter Biden

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Why Hunter Biden had to be Charged
Why Hunter Biden had to be Charged
Hunter Biden

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Sep 5

Race keeps Biden in the Race

Kamala? Really? — Joe Biden is too old to run for, much less be, President of the United States. Everyone knows that except, maybe, Joe Biden. His chances in the 2024 election depend entirely on whether Donald Trump is the Republican nominee. Biden can beat Trump. But if Trump leaves the field, Biden…

Politics

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Race keeps Biden in the Race
Race keeps Biden in the Race
Politics

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Aug 24

The “Republicans” Debate (August, 2023)

What if they gave a party and nobodies came? — My scorecard: Asa Who? Chris Christie would put Hunter Biden in jail for ten years over a gun application. Now that, Vivek, is what “vengeance and grievance” looks like. I thank Christie for defending the Constitution and Mike Pence. But let’s not forget that he’s an awful person. Mike Pence…

Republican Party

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The “Republicans” Debate (August, 2023)
The “Republicans” Debate (August, 2023)
Republican Party

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Aug 18

IT’S A WONDERFUL PARTY

George Bailey meets the GOP — [Every so often, I look back at stuff I posted on my personal blog (to which I have not posted since early in the Pandemic) to see what I got right and what I got wrong. I came across one today from 2017 that has held up pretty well, so…

Politics

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IT’S A WONDERFUL PARTY
IT’S A WONDERFUL PARTY
Politics

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