“The case hinged on the court’s reading of one line in the Affordable Care Act. Section 1311 of the law says the federal government will give subsidies to eligible consumers who buy insurance from an exchange ‘established by the State.’ The plaintiffs argued that, consequentl[...]
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Why we NEED More Out of State Students at the UW!
The In-State Tuition Break Is Slowly Disappearing OK that is very wrong. It is asinine to use out of state tuition to subsidize the UW’s role as an elite university for our own kids. However, that does NOT mean we do not need more out of state students. Look at Husky Stadium. The UW recrui[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 8:30 pm § in Politics
Beyond the rhetoric: Good deal or path to a bomb?
Let’s start with the premise that Sen. Tom Cotton (a) doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and (b) is a saber-rattling warmonger. In short, a dangerous loose cannon. Those are safe bets in almost any debate, and especially this one. I’m not a nuclear expert; but neither is [...]
December 13th, 2014 - 1:18 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Israel/Palestine: An aternative to war/war
Dear Steve,There is a new West Bank development nearing completion that I think you should know about. I say that because it can advance the cause of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The development is the almost-completed Palestinian city of Rawabi, some five miles north [...]
Book Review: House Of Debt
Reading this book will help you understand how the housing crash happened and make intelligent judgments about our government’s policy responses to the Great Recession. Finance is dry stuff and most people hate reading about it, but this book has a lot going for it. Most importantly, it’[...]
Message to Washington state’s best students is clear .. if you can get into an elite private schools you should do so .. TO SAVE MONEY!
UNLESS YOU ARE AN ATHLETE: DO NOT APPLY TO THE UW Over at the Berkeley Blog, Robert Reich has written a disturbing essay on the effects of endowment of private, elite schools, on the US governments subsidy for education of the wealthiest Americans: “(Given the) relatively small number of stu[...]
October 12th, 2014 - 11:36 am § in The Ave Scene
HUSKY MIRACLE: 31 to 7!
Did you enjoy the marvelous .. maybe miraculous victory .. of the UW Huskies over the UC Bears? 31 to 7!!!! At the same time you might think about the student athletes who played this game for you. According to NJ Senator Corey Booker, high level collegiate athletes work for their teams 70[...]
July 16th, 2014 - 11:20 am § in Misc.
Seattle Ranks 16!
Last December Forbes ranked the best housing values among 300 US cities. Seattle ranked number 16. There are some interesting features of this list: NO California cities make the top 20. I this due to high housing costs there? Same can be said for Virginia and the DC surrounds .. except for the [...]
May 8th, 2014 - 1:31 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
WAZZU ,,, being investigated for sex abuse!
WSU joins Harvard Law as Subject of Investigation for Sex Abuse The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released today a list of the higher education institutions under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harass[...]
A Rational Response to the War With Islam
Dissent Magazine has a wonderful effort by its former editor, Michael Walzer, to define a rational basis for liberals to responds to Islamic extremism. There is too much in the essay to quote piecemeal. The best I can do on TA is offer the summary and a link. “As I’ve already acknowledge[...]