Did Bill Lumaye show, 4-5 pm on Thursdays as always.
Talked about LLRW decision (which I used to work on, with Dennis Coates...especially these papers from long ago...
Coates, D., and M. Munger, Strategizing in Small Group Decision Making: Host State Identification in the Southeast Compact, Public Choice, vol. 82 (1995), pp. 1-16.
Coates, D., V. Heid, and M. Munger, Not Equitable, Not Efficient: U.S. Policy on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 13 (1994), pp. 526-541.
Interesting that the Sup Ct finally decided that the NC could keep the $80 million they stole.
But then we talked about....of course, Armond Galaraga. Callers leaned toward "leave it be," and Dutch Boy wrote an email to the same effect. Dutch Boy said:
For the record: keep the bad call from last night, painful as it is. I hate even the instant replay on the homers.
I don't know. I agree about the bad call being uncorrectable. But the home runs thing is easy to fix, and doesn't take long.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Euvoluntary II
I presented the Euvoluntary Exchange paper (informally) today at the IHS Liberty and Society Conference.
Anyone who wants a copy of the paper can find it here...
Anyone who wants a copy of the paper can find it here...
Joe!!!
My man, Joe Ramiro Garcia has taken things up a notch with his latest exhibition. He is going all Edward Hopper on me! Mrs. A and I have 4 of his earlier paintings. This is perhaps my favorite of those four:
Here are a couple from his new exhibit, which is opening this weekend in one of my favorite galleries:
See what I mean?
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Lean on your Staff
A little piece on working with staff, in the CHE.
I was NOT good at this, at the beginning. And I'm still not, let's be honest. It's hard to do well.
This cartoon is all too accurate, I'm afraid...
But I wrote down the things I now know would make me, or anyone, a little better at figuring out how to work with a staff in an academic department.
I was NOT good at this, at the beginning. And I'm still not, let's be honest. It's hard to do well.
This cartoon is all too accurate, I'm afraid...
But I wrote down the things I now know would make me, or anyone, a little better at figuring out how to work with a staff in an academic department.
Not the Onion: MILFs get pounded
Okay, yes, the fact that I find this funny means that I am a bad person.
But I find it funny: "Air Force pounds MILF lairs with rockets." (And including "MILF" several times in a post will improve our hits dramatically....)
(Nod to Angry Alex)
But I find it funny: "Air Force pounds MILF lairs with rockets." (And including "MILF" several times in a post will improve our hits dramatically....)
(Nod to Angry Alex)
When enough is enough
I am not a big fan of the "must get 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff" electoral system in Presidential Democracies.
Consider the current case of Colombia:
Santos got 46.5% and his nearest challenger, Mockus, got around 21.5%.
Where I come from, people, that's an ass-whoopin'.
There's no need for the time and expense of another round of voting.
Couldn't you make the runoff conditional?
Like if one candidate gets 40% or more and more than twice as many votes as the second place finisher, then no second round will be held?
Shouldn't Mockus just back down now and accept that, in the words of Mo Udall, "the voters have spoken, those bastards!"
Whats wrong with just letting the highest vote getter win, regardless of their absolute percentage, like the USA and Mexico?
Consider the current case of Colombia:
Santos got 46.5% and his nearest challenger, Mockus, got around 21.5%.
Where I come from, people, that's an ass-whoopin'.
There's no need for the time and expense of another round of voting.
Couldn't you make the runoff conditional?
Like if one candidate gets 40% or more and more than twice as many votes as the second place finisher, then no second round will be held?
Shouldn't Mockus just back down now and accept that, in the words of Mo Udall, "the voters have spoken, those bastards!"
Whats wrong with just letting the highest vote getter win, regardless of their absolute percentage, like the USA and Mexico?
Lib Nat Conv: Back Now
Whoa. The LP National Convention was pretty darned tiring. Didn't help that we had to drive Raleigh to St Louis to Raleigh. That's 1,700 miles for the round trip.
But we got to see some great stuff. I enjoyed giving the main banquet speech (Neil Boortz out, Munger in! Strange...), and Dr. Mary Ruwart did a terrific job raising big $$ for ballot access.
We elected a new LNC.
And, of course, Starchild was in the house. This outfit, I thought was a tour de force. (Picture from Mike S., who is the one wearing the blue sirt, and no top hat).
I feel I have to explain about Starchild. He is beloved, and rightly so. Sure, the way he dresses is a bit over top / under the bottom / whatever you want to say. But he is amazingly charismatic, gentle, and serious. His message is of real brother / sisterhood, and that you have to look past the outside, whether it's skin color or feather boas (or, as in the picture above, a big black bow tied like a present over a black silk thong) to see the real person. If that is not the core of libertarianism I don't know what is. Starchild is the best, seriously. (And the ladies in our delegation were pretty vocal in their admiration of Starchild's hard work at the gym, and were glad that he was willing to share it publicly. Some things are complex, and some are simple. Starchild is mostly pretty simple, in the best possible way...)
But we got to see some great stuff. I enjoyed giving the main banquet speech (Neil Boortz out, Munger in! Strange...), and Dr. Mary Ruwart did a terrific job raising big $$ for ballot access.
We elected a new LNC.
And, of course, Starchild was in the house. This outfit, I thought was a tour de force. (Picture from Mike S., who is the one wearing the blue sirt, and no top hat).
I feel I have to explain about Starchild. He is beloved, and rightly so. Sure, the way he dresses is a bit over top / under the bottom / whatever you want to say. But he is amazingly charismatic, gentle, and serious. His message is of real brother / sisterhood, and that you have to look past the outside, whether it's skin color or feather boas (or, as in the picture above, a big black bow tied like a present over a black silk thong) to see the real person. If that is not the core of libertarianism I don't know what is. Starchild is the best, seriously. (And the ladies in our delegation were pretty vocal in their admiration of Starchild's hard work at the gym, and were glad that he was willing to share it publicly. Some things are complex, and some are simple. Starchild is mostly pretty simple, in the best possible way...)
Elderly prof ISO a sexy E-reader
People, I need help. usually when I travel I pack a boatload of books that brutally weigh me down. For example, on our trip to Brazil last summer, Mrs. Angus and I brought 12 books.
So I guess that makes me a candidate for an e-reader.
But, the marketplace is pretty confusing to me. Kindle? Kindle DX? iPad? Kindle for iPad? Nook?
Can you guys break it down for me and help me out?
Are there extra costs beyond the machine and the book downloads, like data transfer costs / contracts? How much worse is the iPad screen for reading than the Kindle's? What is battery life like? How rugged are these products?
TIA,
Angus
So I guess that makes me a candidate for an e-reader.
But, the marketplace is pretty confusing to me. Kindle? Kindle DX? iPad? Kindle for iPad? Nook?
Can you guys break it down for me and help me out?
Are there extra costs beyond the machine and the book downloads, like data transfer costs / contracts? How much worse is the iPad screen for reading than the Kindle's? What is battery life like? How rugged are these products?
TIA,
Angus
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