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... [T]he incongruity derives from state and local governments
... [T]he incongruity derives from state and local governments reliance on sales, excise and property taxes rather than on more progressively structur...

I admire this essay a lot. [Excerpted below: Reading it in full
I admire this essay a lot. [Excerpted below: Reading it in full yields many interesting surprises.] But it focuses on the domestic accomplishments alm...

In compensation for being just impossibly manic-grumpy with Eric
In compensation for being just impossibly manic-grumpy with Eric this morning (yes, those two traits can coexist, albeit not happily), generally under...

Last week the court shocked many observers by saying that it was
Last week the court shocked many observers by saying that it was willing to hear a case claiming that the wording of one clause in the Affordable Care...

Of all the vestigial cultural habits we somehow retain in this
Of all the vestigial cultural habits we somehow retain in this brave new world, grocery cashiers automatically double-bagging the chicken (or the grou...