Archive for October, 2006

Taxing In Proportion To The Share Of The Economy Controlled

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Copied wholesale from Ezra:
At a New America event today, James Glassman (author of the hilariously wrong Dow 36,000) turned his characteristic insightfulness to inequality. “We’ve done all the redistributing we can do,” he helpfully informed the audience. The poorest 50% only pay 3% in federal income taxes!
I was reminded of Glassman’s by Mike’s excellent comment [...]

Women, Men, And Confidence

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Alex posted a nice piece on the abilities and accomplishments of women last night, highlighting two underappreciated or “unknown” women of art and science.
What an opportunity for me to highlight this great piece by Ezra Klein (crossposted at Tapped) on inequality, “women’s issues” and “the whole culture of socialization that breeds boys to spout out [...]

The Doctor Is In

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

If you’re enjoying season two of the modern Doctor Who right now, and especially if you’ve seen any older Doctor Who serials, you might like to see this special Comic Relief Doctor Who parody from 1999, starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor:
Part 1
Part 2