Category Archives: Articles

Monomaniacal Krugman

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Paul Krugman is at it again.  Writing in The New York Times, he claims that JP Morgan’s recent bad dealings supports Why We Regulate. It is typical principle-shirking, each-way hedging. “Just to be clear, businessmen are human — although the … Continue reading →

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42 is a poor alternative to Jesus

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Reason is at its best when it accepts it is useless, and 42 is a poor alternative to Jesus.

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Solved: The True Nature of Gender Politics

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Latest article on gender politics.

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No Need for American Arab Spring

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Mark Christensen

In Down With Everything, Thomas Friedman asks if America needs an Arab Spring to revitalize its democracy.  He and Francis Fukuyama, who says we forget that government was “created to act and make decisions,” both miss the irony. It is … Continue reading →

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Irrational atheism

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Mark Christensen

I get atheism, but it’s still irrational ….  

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Shit Happens

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Either we accept Shit Happens or we are up Shit Creek ….

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Liberal pretentions

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Click here for my latest article on democracy, Rick Santorum and religion.

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Extreme men

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Maureen Dowd rightly asks, in her latest op-ed, why Republicans are intent on hounding out women voters. It’s complex. I think men believe we’re on a mission from God to understand why we are here, why there is something rather … Continue reading →

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Finkelstein Review

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Mark Christensen

Ray Finkelstein set the tone for his Inquiry into media and media regulation in the final sentence of his media release.  The former judge did not “think it fair to speak to individual members of the media lest it be … Continue reading →

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Silence

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Mark Christensen

Maureen Dowd has written a fine piece in the New York Times about silence, lamenting its loss to us moderns. She’s kinda right and kinda not. You can’t actually lose silence, only shut it out, displace it with noise.  Nor … Continue reading →

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