From the "Me neither" file.

Neil Sinhababu, on the value, or lack thereof, of our Galtian overlords...

Lots of people are in awe of Wall Street because sometimes people there use a combination of luck and skill in exploiting principal / agent problems to become billionaires, but I don't take that as a sign that it's playing a useful role in society.

Me neither.

Yep.

Neil Sinhababu on Newt's Virginia ballot fail...

That would've been like Pearl Harbor if we lost all those ships because we never maintained them and they just sank.

From the groves of academe…

...notes from a couple members of my unofficial academic advisory committee...

Neil Sinhababu...

If you take the people who claim to want bipartisanship at face value, they stand out in our politics as a class of especially confused and ineffective people.

...and PZ Meyers...

Candidates who stick their fingers in their ears and reject reality simply don't deserve to hold office.

And yes, this material may be in the final.

Yes, Virginia…

…there is a difference. Professor Sinhababu at the podium this time...

The Affordable Care Act and the Paul Ryan budget illustrate the difference between Democratic and Republican approaches to Medicare spending. Democrats want to keep offering people good care and save money by driving harder bargains with the corporations who sell it. Republicans want to keep offering corporations sweet deals and save money by giving people less care.

If I keep quoting academics, maybe I should start charging tuition.

From the "The more things change…" file.

Two of my favorite bloggers, Nick Beaudrot and Neil (the Ethical Werewolf) Sinhababu, have set up shop at Donkeylicious, which you should be reading regularly.