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Lottie’s Grave

Lottie’s Grave lies outside of Homer Nebraska. And, since its Halloween and you’ve been there, I want everybody’s best Lottie’s Grave story. Lottie Edwards’ grave is located a few miles outside of Homer, Nebraska. There are many competing...

The Right to Grief, A Poem by Carl Sandburg

To Certain Poets About to Die TAKE your fill of intimate remorse, perfumed sorrow, Over the dead child of a millionaire, And the pity of Death refusing any check on the bank Which the millionaire might order his secretary to scratch off And get cashed. Very well, You...

On the Tightness of the Election

Consumer confidence is at an all-time low. The job performance rating of the outgoing Republican president is at Nixon-Carter levels. Nine out of ten voters think the country is off on the wrong track. The Democrats lead in the generic congressional preference vote by...

Average Federal Tax Rates, by Income Percentile

Average Tax Rates 2006 Since we were talking taxes and redistribution of income, I thought it would be relevant to give you some information on the Average Tax Rates paid by different segments of the population over the course of the last 30 years. Average Tax Rates,...

A Redistribution Follow-up

Even though I’m mostly staying out of politics I wanted to do a follow up on Pang’s comment to the “Obama Redistribution” audio. Pang’s comment first: “I actually heard the piece before on NPR. They replayed it a few months back. In...