Why are the Census people knocking on my door?
Here are some reasons why the Census people might be ringing your doorbell even though you already responded.
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"Seven Projects" that will make money for developers
Rising: seven projects that will change the face of Cleveland The fact that of seven “projects” every single one is a real estate deal is precisely what is wrong with Cleveland. Exactly zero cities have become prosperous from real estate development, unless the way you’re keeping score is by how well the developers are doing. […]
Will they pave paradise and put up a parking lot?
2017 is Cleveland’s Year of Vibrant Green Space! Hooray! Last year, 2016, was the Year of Sustainable Transportation. Highlights included: New bike lanes on West 25th that make no sense whatsoever (okay, that was actually in 2015); Starting construction on a $300,000,000.00 highway that goes from the East 55th station on the Red Line to […]
Electoral College reform? nvm
Now that it’s clear that Hillary Clinton won a fairly solid majority of popular votes cast for President, but didn’t come very close to winning the all-important Electors, of course a lot of very good people are getting very interested in reforming, bypassing, or eliminating the Electoral College. They’re wrong. Here’s why.
Media Literacy Quick Shot
There’s a lot of chatter over what is and isn’t “fake news.” I think people are missing the point when they start to pick and choose which publications they consider reliable though. I guess it’s okay to say (for example) that the New York Times is usually pretty reliable because yadda yadda reasons. But that’s […]
File under "do you even read what you wrote?"
So TIME‘s Person of the Year 2016 is Donald J. Trump. That makes sense. He “defines” the year in our culture. Their description of runner-up Hillary R. Clinton, however, made me go “Do you even read what you wrote? At all?” Charlotte Alter, a “journalist” for TIME, wrote this about Secretary Clinton: Expectations certainly missed their […]
One of many memes that must die.
The United States is a republic, not a democracy. People say that like it’s the most insightful thing ever, but it’s meaningless. It’s like saying your dog is an animal, not a pet. These things are not opposites, nor are they mutually exclusive. If you want to say “a republic, not a direct democracy,” you might […]
If I liked power
If I liked power, I’d use my power to find a way to use the federal government to get me even more power. I’d use it shut down my enemies. I’d use it to promote my allies into positions where they could help me, but not where they’d be secure enough to oppose me.
I'm pretty sure Rumsfeld would endorse this.
Can we be clear on this one bit of meta-bullshit? Suppose hypothetically that I am telling you that your hair is on fire. By that I’m really saying two things: 0. Your hair is in fact on fire. 1. I know for a fact that #0 is true. I’m not just guessing. Now if I […]