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"One foot in the cradle, one foot in the grave." Noel Miller
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"Love Man"
Otis Redding. Continue reading
Posted 16 hours ago at Newmark's Door
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"The Top Ten Greatest Feats of Mankind in NBA History"
I don't know about "greatest feats of mankind" but there are some pretty cool plays in this clip. Continue reading
Posted 17 hours ago at Newmark's Door
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"I've been thinking about you"
Londonbeat. Continue reading
Posted 17 hours ago at Newmark's Door
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"The cheap and widely available elixir of life YOU should be taking this new year to slash your cancer risk, avoid diabetes, heart attacks and strokes . . ."
That would be coffee. Amazing what it can (allegedly) do. Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Newmark's Door
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"Literally crying in the Target parking lot right now."
This is a lovely story. There might be hope for us yet. Even in California. I was struggling with unloading my toddler, my bags and wrangling an unruly cart (seriously — why do some lack power-steering?) A fire truck from... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Newmark's Door
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"The United States of Fried Chicken"
Twenty articles on the bird. Includes an argument why Houston's is the "country’s top chicken town" as well as the best fried chicken in two dozen American areas. Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Newmark's Door
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"Gallatin County, Montana, Is Drunkest County In America"
I expect some counties in Wisconsin will be demanding a review. Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Newmark's Door
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"These are the 10 highest-paying jobs with the lowest stress levels"
Leading the list is "water resource specialist". According to my former employer "The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $116,430." And about half the job postings require... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort"
"High marks are for excellence, not grit." Or as I used to tell my students: the world tends strongly to reward results not effort. (At least private, profit-seeking employers do.) Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"A parent’s dream come true"
And give the dad an award, too. Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Dark energy not exist Posted inScience Scientists Claim Dark Energy does not Exist, and Accelerated Expansion of Universe is an Illusion Caused by Gravity slowing down time"
Longtime readers will recall that I've thought for a while that "dark energy" and "dark matter" are pretty poor kludges. Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"How the rise of woke ‘educrats’ is destroying higher education"
The growth of administrators in higher education truly is something to behold. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Newmark's Door
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There are hellacious burns and then there's this one . . .
Near Churchill's best: It’s like Keith [Olbermann] is in a competition with himself to be the worst person alive and every day he wins. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"The Teachers' Unions Are Losing"
There's a long way to go, but John Hinderaker argues a good start has been made. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Mice Die in Mouse Traps . . ."
Don't know if Mrs. Thatcher said it, but it seems very much in her spirit. UPDATE: Link fixed now. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Newmark's Door
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What's happened with gun rights should be encouraging about the chances of rolling back the "Neo-Marxist Democrat agenda"
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT POINT. It took a combination of persistence, intellectual foundation-laying, and grassroots politics, but the progress has been unimaginable by the standards of the 1990s." Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Newmark's Door
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Three interesting charts on U.S. financial returns
How long can this continue? "Tech Titans Lead Q4 2024 U.S. Stock Market Surge". "US stock market returns (1872 to 2024) -- annualized real total returns over 1 / 5 / 10 / 20 year periods". "Investment Returns by Asset... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"The Lone Star State is soaring America's future will be made in Texas"
Here's hoping they don't fuck it up. Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?"
As is typical of such articles this NY Times piece makes no distinction between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macro--as I've noted a number of times--is very difficult. (Though if Argentina continues to recover, score one for conservative macro.) But economics has... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century"
Surprising to me this piece in The Economist endorses the U.S. making an offer to buy Greenland. Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Consign coal to history? Forget it."
Something Western environmentalists should realize: without the cooperation of China, efforts to control carbon dioxide emissions will count for very little. Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Economics In Personal Decision Making"
I used to tell my students that economics could help them with personal decisions, business decisions, and give them useful perspective on public policy. And I told them I didn't know any other discipline that could offer all three as... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"Are We Witnessing The Greatest Peak In NBA History?"
I'm convinced. + More support: as I write this (10/23 am) Joker leads the league in omni-statistic PER and only Giannis is close. He leads his team in scoring, rebounds, assists, and is tied for the lead in steals and... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"This is badminton at its highest level"
I no idea it could be so interesting. Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Newmark's Door
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"This Shows How Insane Messi's Goal Vs. Mexico Was"
A detailed look at just how precise the GOAT had to be. Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Newmark's Door
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