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An officious little clerk
The Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, has placed the City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl (serving Dane County), on administrative leave for her failure to count 192 absentee ballots in the 2024 general election. Make no mistake, these uncounted ballots would not have changed the outcome for this congressional district, one which is overwhelmingly in the Big Blue Bag. BUT, Read more
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Sex Discrimination in STEM Faculty Hiring
Well, it’s official; a study completed by the Cornell Institute for Women in Science has revealed clear and pervasive sex discrimination in the hiring of university faculty in the STEM fields. Tip from Time Magazine, who observes that many universities have policies that will only make the problem worse. Read more
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Vote for ObamaCare?
Looks like the implementation of the Affordable* Care Act is on its way to being all things to all people. The Obamacare exchange website is complicated to use and has seen more than a few glitches since it officially opened on October 1st, but the MacIver Institute has found that once you get through the Read more
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The mark of truth
“It is a mark of truth that the same truth can be approached by many roads.” —Gene Wolfe I ran across this early this morning, and followed the link to Wolfe’s 2001 essay, “The Best Introduction to the Mountains.” Wolfe describes his discovery of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and what he learned from it. Read more
The Random Texan 