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-Benjamin Franklin
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We Need to Understand Public Choice Theory
I ran across this statement on the blog “Small Dead Animals”: “Concentrated minority interests will ALWAYS defeat dispersed collective majority interests in any system of government/institution that doesn’t terminate in an individual owner.” It referenced a substack article at Short Take: Public Choice Theory and How This Ends The article is an interesting read – Read more
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Reading Nate Silver
I ran across an article by Nate Silver Biden’s problem is with swing voters, not with his base the other day. A couple of facts that I picked out seem to differ with the headline: One, from a Matthew Iglesias quote is that “Trump is winning 97% of those who voted for him 4 years Read more
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Choices for Parents- but not for Schools or Taxpayers?
One of the ‘Things Our Government Has Been Up To’ is House Bill HB203, which passed into law. It’s marketed as a bill about school choice, although Montana was already a state that allowed for out of district enrollments. One of the things it does, is that it makes it harder for schools to say Read more
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Theater Auditions Saturday
The Eureka Community Players announces auditions for their annual Spring play held during the Eureka Rendezvous weekend. Following the tradition of doing a melodrama, the Players have selected “Belle of the Ball” ahigh-kicking western melodrama! The play will be presented on April 26-28 at the Timbers Event Center. “Belle of the Ball” is a combination Read more
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New Book on Rural America Started with a False Conclusion -Nicholas Jacobs
Commentary – New Book on Rural America Started with a False Conclusion, Then Looked for Evidence by Nicholas F. Jacobs, The Daily YonderMarch 6, 2024 A new book on “white rural rage” argues that rural Americans are the most racist, xenophobic, conspiracist, anti-democratic, and violent “geodemographic” subgroup of Americans out there. The authors, Tom Schaller Read more
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Unofficial Economic Markers
Who needs the consumer price index when you can watch headlines? Speaking of the consumer price index, the Feds are claiming only modest increases. The Misery Index is running about 6.8 this year, ostensibly lower than the last few years. A Sampling of Headlines: Somehow, the more direct news about the economy (New York Times: Read more
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