Clinton Unemployment Figures

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March 15, 2012
Clinton Unemployment Figures

In yesterday’s Clinton Herald, there was a story about the county unemployment rate surging from 6.6 percent in December, 2011 to 7.3 percent in January, 2012. That’s a big jump! Especially because the rest of the Iowa Workforce Department press release article states that the unemployment rate statewide fell two tenths from 5.6 to...
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The Conservative Case for “Big Government”

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March 12, 2012
The Conservative Case for “Big Government”

via Andrew Sullivan, we have an link to an article by one of the UK’s leading conservative intellectuals and journalists — a species sadly extinct in the wild here in the USA, kept alive only in a few captive breeding programs — making the conservative case for… gay marriage. Matthew D’Ancona writes: The correction...
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Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

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January 23, 2012
Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

One of the best technology reads last week was a New York Times’ big Sunday article on the outsourcing of high-technology manufacturing The iPhone Economy. The piece is a really thorough examination of how high-technology product manufacturing in East Asia has not only resulted in jobs going there that would otherwise be here, but...
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Parsing Clinton Census Data

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December 20, 2010

The New York Times has posted an interactive map of the 2010 Census data that encompasses every census...
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Lawrence of Arabia’s “Original Sin” in the Mideast.

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November 20, 2010

This complicated person is largely responsible for both the fundamentals of modern of guerrilla warfare as we see it...
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Friday Music: Futurebirds

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November 19, 2010

Futurebirds are from Athens, GA. Saw these guys at up at Codfish Hollow in the Biehl’s basement on Tuesday...
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Carthago Delenda Est

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October 25, 2010

From the Des Moines Register Politics Blog: “Carthage Must Be Destroyed.” During the Third Punic War, the Roman statesman,...
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Clinton

Clinton Unemployment Figures

Clinton Unemployment Figures

In yesterday’s Clinton Herald, there was a story about the county unemployment rate surging from 6.6 percent in December, 2011 to 7.3 percent in January, 2012. That’s a big jump! Especially because the rest of the Iowa Workforce Department press release article states that the unemployment rate statewide fell two tenths from 5.6 to...

Technology

Could the iPhone be Made In USA? Could the iPhone be Made In USA?

One of the best technology reads last week was a New York Times’ big...

Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing Doctorow: The Coming War on General Computing

In a perfect world, this talk by noted author and electronic liberty activist, Cory...

Whither Microsoft? Whither Microsoft?

The irrepressible, outspoken Barry Ritholtz has a quick post today regarding whether or not...

Why Information Security (And Security In General) Sucks Why Information Security (And Security In General) Sucks

He also makes what I think is a critical point about how 9/11 changed...


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