Daily Archives: April 22, 2002

Why the lottery really is a tax on ignorance

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Jeff Jarvis has been on an anti-lottery rant recently, challenging economists to prove that lotteries are not actually depressing the economy. Calculate the total amount of income — income at its most spendable — drained from the economy; how much … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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McCain for President?

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Kyle Still has his say about John McCain’s theoretical candidacy in 2004. He also points to Mark Byron‘s interesting number crunching on this subject. Byron concludes that McCain would be better off running in 2008 when he likely won’t have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why satire is on life support, chapter 683

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Mac Thomason pokes fun at the proposed new ABC drama about the CDC. At this rate, they’re going to run out of government agencies and departments pretty soon. 2003: Customs 2004: D.O.E. 2005: Postmaster! 2006: Joe Collins, FDA Inspector 2007: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Real Men Don’t Get Intimidated

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Real Men Don’t Get Intimidated is the name of this excellent Bruce Feirstein piece which was written in rebuttal to Maureen Dowd’s silly column that claimed men were intimidated by powerful women. It’s smart and funny and well worth your … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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My last words on Cynthia McKinney

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I think I’ve not done a good job of expressing my disagreement with Avedon Carol regarding Cynthia McKinney. I’m going to take one more shot, then I’m going to move on to other things. I have no problem with the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How children learn

Posted on April 22, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

From my inbox, an article from 2000 about how slum children in India learned to use computers and surf the Web without any formal instruction. It’s an interesting read and has some implications for how we could be doing a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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