Monthly Archives: September 2006

Earmarks

September 13, 2006 – 10:03 am

Via Ezra, here’s a gmap-mashup of earmarks from a single appropriations bill. Ezra makes the point that actually these aren’t bad (certainly the ones for Minneapolis seem broadly admirable things), but I’m still uncomfortable with such things; if you really want to dish money out to (relatively) small projects lets set up a largesse board [...]

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Quarters

September 12, 2006 – 4:29 pm

And you thought you had too much time on your hands.

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Leadership

September 11, 2006 – 8:00 pm

Understandably I’ve been thinking back to the strange day 5 years ago. It seems strange now, but I greatly admired the way the President handled the invasion of Afghanistan. He seemed to time it right, neither rushing in nor dithering for too long; he carefully but speedily identified the centre of the problem, allowed time [...]

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‘Fair’ Tax

September 11, 2006 – 10:02 am

My friend Marty has put up another post about the so-called Fair Tax. I have some sympathy with the idea, but also a great many issues with it, but I wanted to pick up on a couple of criticisms here, based on this paragraph: Do I need a paragraph here to refute the idea that [...]

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Gospel

September 8, 2006 – 3:06 pm

Listen to an account of the wrath of God. Not safe for work, or kids, or casual friends, or god-fearing folk with no sense of humor. But a great tune. (HT: Pharyngula)

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