Replace the Nonprofit Tax Deduction
One of my long-term irritations with nonprofits is that donors can get deductions for donations to organizations that don’t have as much …
Well, We Warned You
Last September, Columbia Journalism Review reported on American’s low and declining trust in the media. In hope of exposing some reason for …
Just What Is Selection Bias?
While reading a bit about KIPP schools, a compensatory education program for minority students, I found a report that has some interesting, …
Economic Notes On Manufacturing
The US has been shedding manufacturing jobs since about 2000. ( Not 1970 as many people believe . ) But, a capital spending …
Educated Into A Corner
Here is an excellent comment to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The commenter, mark_r_harris, is a teacher in South Korea …
The Unknowable Becomes Known
There are certain dangers of speculating on the limits of science. From What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee, by Jonathan Marks, …
The Suburb Versus the Nation
The United Nations recently released its 2010 Human Development Report, ranking Norway as the most developed country in the world, and inviting …
The Vast Both Wing Conspiracy
Alternet is showing itself to be a master of self promotion by brethlessly hyping the pivotal impact of its investigation into the …
Where is US Healthcare Headed?
Donald M Berwick is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, appointed by president Obama a few months ago. …
Immigration Enforcement, Federal And Local
The US Justice Department is suing the state of Arizona over SB 1070, because “The Individual Sections of S.B. 1070 are Prempted …