Via email from Newt at American Solutions for Winning the Future Today, the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, or “Card Check” was introduced in the U.S. Congress. This bill would effectively eliminate our right to vote by private ballot when deciding whether to join a union, and underm...

How many times has this situation occurred: You disembark from your cramped rush-hour subway train, along with seemingly everyone in the city. You bound up the stairs and head for the turnstiles, where you know you'll have to waste precious seconds waiting for your turn as the masses merge into a si...

I can't help myself. Sharing this story is a sure sign that I've lost all remaining shreds of decency.But let's just stop pretending shall we? California Unified Nether Temple Society The BOS was extolling the virtues of the California Womens Health program, how great the doctors she saw were, blahb...

  There are many scary things in the world: pedophiles, zombies, rabid bats, etc. And in this day and age, most American kids have been conditioned to avoid them. (See also: strangers, drugs, illicit touching in the sparkly bits.) Except for (cue creepy music!) refrigerators! This extra creepy ...

Overhead at the bank about twenty minutes ago: Less Than Intelligent Bank Customer:   “Before I ask how to fix my problem, I have to tell you I don’t want this reported.” My Most Awesome Banker conspiratorially whispering to me as she was wrapping up my business:   “If it ...

Homo Politicus and Argument (Nearly) All the Way Down: Persuasion inPolitics Neta CrawfordPerspectives on Politics, March 2009, Pages 103-124 Abstract:Much theorizing about world politics and many policy recommendations are predicated on a rather thin view of homo politicus, often assuming that huma...

The Maximization Paradox: The costs of seeking alternatives Ilan Dar-Nimrod, Catherine Rawn, Darrin Lehman & Barry SchwartzPersonality and Individual Differences, forthcoming Abstract:Contrary to the common belief that more options lead to better decisions, recent research has demonstrated that ...

Lots, and I mean LOTS, of IRS employees have been fired or reprimanded for doing 1/100 the wrong things that Tim Geithner freely admits to having done (or failed to do!) Interestingly, Geithner didn't even have to pay penalties, which CLEARLY would have been the fate of the rest of us. There are two...

Well, it's a sad thing for me to announce, but this recession depression had gotten then best of us, and we have to move back to Grammie's farm. It's sad, because we can't fit too much in the truck, and we'll have to get rid of most of our belongings. We did buy a lot of crap absolutely necessary in...

PRESS RELEASE: KG MUNGOWITZ WITHDRAWS FROM NY SENATE RACERaleigh, NCJanuary 22, 2009 After considering my options, and talking with my advisers, I have decided to withdraw my name from consideration for the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York. I don't make this decision lightly...