I have found nothing more. Any other information? Breaking News AlertThe New York TimesSat, January 08, 2011 — 1:22 PM ET—– Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona Reportedly Shot in Tucson A Democratic congresswoman from Arizona was shot along withseveral others during a public event at a grocery store inTucson, according to news reports. The condition […]
Lifted from an e-mail from Beverly Mann, the following is a short explanation and links to relevant cases concerning the words of Justice Scalia as reported in California Lawyer, second question down from the beginning about the 14th amendment and sex discrimination. Beverly Mann writes: Scalia: Only African-Americans Have Second Amendment Rights Against States! Here […]
by Mike KimelScientists, Republicans and ConservativesCross posted at the Presimetrics blog. According to a Pew poll, only 6% of scientists self-identify as Republicans, and only 9% as conservative. Figure 1 Birds of a feather and all of that. I meant to post on this a while back – I’m about a year and a half […]
Facts or Fallacies Part III: Combinations, Murder and the Primordial Lumpby Tom Walker (Sandwichman at Ecological Headstand) In Part I, I compared the statistical fact that non-farm employment was lower in September 2010 than it had been in December 1999 with the assertions that those who believed any such thing could occur were guilty of […]
by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt The Pain of Economic Change Michigan is the only state in the union showing a net negative population trend in the recent census report, and is an interesting case study of the pain of economic change. For several decades after WWII, Michigan enjoyed above average prosperity on the backs of […]
Naked Capitalism points us to a letter to ‘sign’ today in support of the FDIC and Congressman Brad Miller’s advocacy for servicer regulation: This time, though, there is a way to stand up against the banks. And the reason is because in this case, Sheila Bair at the FDIC actually wants to do the right […]
by Mike Kimel The Tax Rate that Maximizes Economic Growth, Part 2… With Tax Burdens Too!Cross posted at the Presimetrics blog. This post continues my look at the relationship between taxes and growth (what I modestly called the “Kimel curve”), which I will continue expanding on over a series of posts. Today I want to […]
Lee Arnold has a series of visual presentations at a high school level that might be useful to introduce different topics to friends and family that do not follow econoblogs. Here is the introduction to the series, which Lee tells me is for dissemination. (The visuals are copyrighted to help prevent voice overs and other […]