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Praying for peace, promoting war

Thursday, December 23, 2010

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A Christmas card from one of the in-laws was unintentionally soaked in irony. I’ll skip the rant about celebrating Christ and mass, the two components of Christ’s mass (i.e., Christmas) in which I don’t believe, much less celebrate. And, too, I”ll forgo the equally tempting rant about a religious holiday that promotes conspicuous consumption in [...]

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Fanning imperial embers: Barack Obama channels John Maynard Keynes

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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Who was John Maynard Keynes, and what did he have to say about people, society, and economics?

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