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afuturehead: maryland smoking ban

http://afuturehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/maryland-smoking-ban.html

Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. Let me begin by making it perfectly clear that i hate cigarettes only slightly less than the people who smoke them. they disgust me so much that i can almost see the logic in the maryland legislature’s proposed smoking ban. almost, but not quite. For every bar that shut down there was a restaurant that added a bar, and the bars that survived just added a restaurant. in fact, some of them run their food operations at a loss, ...

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afuturehead: 10.2004

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. An Astounding Crime: He Didn't Get a Permit (wsj letter). This is a letter of mine. That the wsj published, both in response to an earlier letter from a Senior Policy Adviser of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The idea that political institutions will necessarily safeguard our natural resources goes hand-in-hand with the belief that we could not benefit from a market economy's influence thereupon. Neither h...

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afuturehead: gene doping

http://afuturehead.blogspot.com/2007/06/gene-doping.html

Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. First off, sorry for the long delay! I've had finals and graduation, and i had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to beautiful southern california for a week, to see my sister graduate - summa cum laude and phi beta kappa! Anyway, the bulk of this was taken from a paper i wrote for a biotech ethics class, so please excuse me if it sounds like i'm on quaaludes. The bottom line is that people do want to see athletes run faster,...

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afuturehead: 04.2004

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. April 8, 2004. And now, an excerpt from Karl Marx's unpublished personal journal:. We have tried our best to translate Marx's ramblings into English verbatim, in order to render. Comprehension of the passage as. To be read as a heavily German-accented interior monologue. March 15th, 1844 - Paris, France. April 5th, 1844 -. And, consequently, to the advancement and enlightenment of mankind. His utter inanity almost makes me q...

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afuturehead: 06.2005

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. All roads lead to home. When i delve into the forgotten depths of my memory and recall my grade school days, i'm assaulted by waves of youthful elation and bitter disappointment. and every so often i stumble across a golden nugget of wisdom gained in my youth. Those stories stuck with me throughout my youth, alongside that uncanny feeling. And featured in the june 11th ny times, entitled "the circus maximus syndrome.". They imag...

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afuturehead: 06.2007

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. First off, sorry for the long delay! I've had finals and graduation, and i had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to beautiful southern california for a week, to see my sister graduate - summa cum laude and phi beta kappa! Anyway, the bulk of this was taken from a paper i wrote for a biotech ethics class, so please excuse me if it sounds like i'm on quaaludes. The bottom line is that people do want to see athletes run faster,...

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afuturehead: 12.2006

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. Last may, i cried “bubble" and was promptly ridiculed as housing continued to boom. 8220;just wait,” i would say, “until 2007.”. The end result was over $10 trillion in outstanding mortgages (less the approximately 20% paid to financiers) - not an alarming number, in and of itself. what. Concern us is that more than $2 trillion are adjustable-rate mortgages that reset in 2006 and 2007. Meanwhile, wall street seems little concern...

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afuturehead: 04.2006

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. Nonprofit ≠ not profitable. Without a doubt, the biggest scam in america is the entire concept of “nonprofit” organizations. and these guys are making a mint. This quote is from a baltimore sun article. Granted, the number and complexity of these monstrosities are expanding at an alarming rate, so we should expect to see higher salaries. Effectively, no one. But with non-profits reporting – rather conservatively, and accor...

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afuturehead: 11.2005

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Taking the mystery out of economics, law, markets, politics, and the future. I wish we were more cultured, like the europeans, cuz like, then everyone wouldn’t hate us and stuff. Ah yes, the american college student. (s)he strives to sounds as educated as possible at any given moment – and so (s)he should! Whether it’s an interview, a cocktail party or a funeral, people will always be impressed with words like “multilateralism” and “france.”. Of course this country has its weak points, but it does not fo...