Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank and Moral Hazard

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 When Silicon Valley Bank imploded after a bank run, the FDIC stepped in. But the majority of SVB's deposits (over 80%) were above the $...
Friday, May 06, 2022

LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: It doesn’t have to be this way

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  LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: It doesn’t have to be this way This is a slightly updated version of an earlier post ; no change in the basic arg...
Monday, April 04, 2022

A Modest Proposal: Term Limits for the Supreme Court

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 In announcing her support for Jackson, Senator Murkowski (R-AK), said she was backing the nominee in part to reject “the corrosive politic...
Sunday, March 20, 2022

We Don't See America As It Is

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  A possible contributor to not seeing the world as it is, is our tendency to (1) see minorities as larger than they are. "This holds ...
Friday, February 25, 2022

LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: It doesn’t have to be this way

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  I have updated this essay slightly to add supporting evidence. The updated version is here:  Truncated thoughts: LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Do higher taxes on the rich raise rents for the poor? No.

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 I was intrigued by this meme which is circulating on social media: This seemed pretty doubtful, but worth a look. First, of course, we need...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

Luke Kruger-Howard's Book Takes on the Forces of Capitalism [or, who says there's no such thing as free comics?]

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  Luke Kruger-Howard has a new book. 110 pages. Free, although donation encouraged. This is an experiment. Luke Kruger-Howard (He/Him) is an...
Saturday, April 03, 2021

We Shift from Religious Polarization to Big Tech Polarization

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Fewer than half of U.S. adults belong to a religious congregation, a new Gallup study shows. This is down from 70% in 1999.  That figure flu...
Sunday, November 01, 2020

Support page for FANS of Fr. Hugo's Family Food Challenge - tour of Haiti

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This is the support page for FANS who are following the food challenge, but not directly participating by logging their exercise miles.  The...

Support page for PARTICIPANTS in Fr. Hugo's Family Food Challenge - tour of Haiti

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  This page has information for PARTICIPANTS (i.e. people who have enrolled in the My Virtual Mission and are entering their exercise).  The...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Questions for Dr. Laura Schlesinger

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I didn't write this. The top part is by Michael Luscombe and the set of questions is from James M. Kauffman. ---------------------------...