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I tried to find a link to Friedman’s post in the NYT from several years ago in response to Matt’s question. I found this snippet from his book instead: President Kennedy understood that the competition with the Soviet Union was … Continue reading →

Much to my dismay, he keeps writing good articles. That’s how I learned a new language here: “Climate-Speak.” It’s easy to learn. There are only three phrases. The first is: “Just a few years ago …” Just a few years … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post says Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of … Continue reading →

Sidezoomers versus Lineuppers I supposed there were not all that many drivers gritting their teeth behind their steering wheels, practicing what Jerry Seinfeld once called the stare-ahead, while declining to let the sidezoomers in and musing at the same time … Continue reading →

Finished. What a delight! This one is a lot less prescriptive than The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and what one learns, one learns by osmosis. The book skips around a lot of different ideas and it reaches deep into … Continue reading →

Some free airtime for McCain: “We are proud of that commercial.” — John McCain Is this what he is trying to say? Some of the comments are interesting at the site where that came from.