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How to sell a car in Pittsburgh 19 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
(Foreshadowment: This gets progressively more interesting) 1. Find a buyer. 2. Go with the buyer to AAA, the only obvious option. 3. Give the buyer the title and keys to the car in exchange for $...
Thoughts on Trayvon 18 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
Regarding the outcome of the trial after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, some people tacitly support the verdict as if Trayvon is unambiguously the aggressor. The Freakwenter is not one of these. I...
911 response times 22 May 2013 | 12:47 am
A quicker response from the city could have stopped this man and his partner in the act of filling up my dumpster with their old tires: As it happened, when the cops finally arrived, they arrived non...
Thoughts four, a sequester 3 Mar 2013 | 02:05 am
Part 1, Spending and collapse: The following claims currently drive the debate over government spending: a. Excessive government debts cause economic collapse. b. Government spending promotes economi...
Why doctors fail us 27 Feb 2013 | 06:36 pm
I considered more inflammatory headlines for this post, such as "Why are so many doctors complete jerks?" or "Why Your Doctor Is Such an Insensitive Jerk" but these headlines were already taken. Thes...
Action alert 29 Jan 2013 | 10:13 pm
Dear Congressman Doyle, I am an American citizen and voter residing in Pittsburgh. As a student at [the best school ever], I am surrounded many amazingly talented international students. These stud...
Federal Deficits: The Blame Game 19 Jan 2013 | 01:16 am
Assigning blame for the national deficits is an excellent intellectual past-time for those not occupied by watching sports or filling out crossword puzzles. Many explanations exist for rising federal...
Notes from the Dead 13 Jan 2013 | 05:41 am
This horrible bit of news at the top of the Google feed brought me to tears. I'm not sure why; maybe because it reminds me of my times of sadness. Looking back in my files, I received a grand total ...
The Greatest Economic Writers of Our Time 3 Jan 2013 | 10:47 pm
Hayek is dead. Milton Friedman is dead. Paul Krugman is riddled with populist partisanship. Who from the dismal science of economics remains to guide the intellectually impoverished, inform the sem...
Fiscal Myth 21 Dec 2012 | 09:09 pm
Myth #1: The U.S. federal debt level is currently at about 16 trillion dollars. Fact #1: The debt level is actually a slightly lower, because that 16 trillion counts some social security payments we...
