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Paul Graham has an essay on identity that hypothesizes one source of those never-ending arguments that we’ve all been involved in at one point.
I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people’s identity, and people can never have a fruitful argument about something that’s part of their identity. [...]

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2009 06 11 TedHoward Professional Comments (2)

Want to retire early? Sniff marshmallows.

I have spent the last few months with no job, but not unemployed. To qualify as unemployed, you have to be actively searching for work. I like to say that I’ve been taking “early retirement.” Many people are amazed by and jealous of my ability to do this. My secret is incredibly simple: I don’t [...]

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2009 05 30 TedHoward Professional Comments (2)

I’m proud of our President

I felt such pride when I saw that Michelle Obama was adding a vegetable garden to the White House for fresh veggies and fruits in their kitchen. They’re even planning on beehives. It’s so refreshing to see our Presidential family doing things that real people do.

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2009 04 03 TedHoward Comments (0)

Should leaders take responsibility?

A top official involved in the “War on Terror” has officially said that the USA did torture a POW. Finally. Slate has some good analysis of the impact of the news.

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2009 01 17 TedHoward Comments (0)