After that last post (which, honestly, I thought about pulling. Now I think I'll leave it), something a little more coherent is in order. So, some random politics.
In my home state of Oregon, the lowest income tax bracket is paying the highest rates (PDF; scroll down to page six.)
John Donahue of Stanford and Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago put together an interesting study a while back, linking abortion to a decrease in crime (in the 1990s, the first generation Roe v. Wade would have had a substantial effect on.) Under obviously immense pressure, they went back and checked their numbers more deeply. They discovered that there was a stronger correlation than they originally thought.
Finally, if this is how Homeland Security dollars are being spent, then we might be better off without.
Posted by slade at March 19, 2003 01:08 AM