Print is still alive and kicking
'It seems that with all the competition for advertising and readership dollars, print is becoming relevant again.'
- Fillers by John Cullen
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The increased interest rates has a huge stimulative impact on the economy when it is coupled with massive issuance of government debt to pay for the increased interest expenses.

Ironically, the economy will seem to be going great as the debt/death spiral reaches its zenith.

Luke getting close to the heart of the matter: what is the point of education?

USA society believes being educated brings personal wealth through the education process.

I was homeschooled and public school educated. Neither taught me anything about making a buck.

Newspaper vulture hedge funds strike again! But this time a popular bike ride.

Should be most days outside of tail events Jayant G. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In journalism, names and dates are factual; the rest is fictional.
In literature, names and dates are fictional; the rest is factual.

The tire trick has changed my life the past several years.

Alethic relativism always portrays itself as enlightened and reasonable, when it is really an extreme form of anti-intellectualism. What it actually allows you to do is not affirm multiple truths, which is bad enough by the way, but rather deny or reject anything simply because…

Kyle understands induced demand.
Charles Marohn Strong Towns

Amazing products, I am almost never out of my Lunas.

'Customer service is public service.' --Craig Newmark wired.com/2009/08/ff-cra….

'nobody likes a snitch' mentality is overpowering.

Fraud pays nicely!

One of the things I have learned as a small-town rural journalist is that no one cares about fraud in local government, and the public hates investigative journalists who spot poorly hidden frauds. Here are real examples from my region:

- Public Director…

I pay the federal gov about 10X more in taxes than I pay my local+state gov. It should be the other way around.

What happened to the American Dream of owning a home?

Dmitry M Sebastian David Lees Jordan Hedberg The data point I really want is repeat purchase!