Sunday, November 24, 2024

"Herein Granted": Two words in the US Constitution make all the difference in the Power of the Executive

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Gotta admit I never really paid attention to the significance of the two words " herein granted " in Article 1 (Legislative Branch...
Friday, July 5, 2024

"Trump vs US" Supreme Court Case on Executive Immunity. Maybe a helpful visual?

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Helps me to put a picture of what I see as the result of the Executive Immunity case recently decided by the Supreme Court (case decision H...
Monday, January 22, 2024

ACT Reading Test Stratgies. My nominal suggestions.

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I do a little ACT tutoring.  I have watched just about every YouTube video on every ACT subject tested.  Everyone has their own take on how ...
Friday, January 19, 2024

"The History of the Chevron Doctrine"--things you may not have known...

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Two cases regarding the so-called "Chevron Doctrine",  Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and  Relentless, Inc. v. Department o...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

14th Amendment Section 3: Does anyone know what it really means?

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 I divided up Section 3 by each subject referred to and used clause #5, "who, having previously taken an oath", as the mid-point w...
Sunday, November 5, 2023

What is a "Fact" in the context of the Declaration of Independence? Jefferson is a clever dude...

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 I was just re-reading the article I have previously posted ( The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence ). In this article, ...

My retirement hobby--Fantasy SCOTUS

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Don't, err, "judge" me.  Since retiring in January 2021, I have been an active participant in Fantasy SCOTUS , an online forum...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

The use of the word "Necessary" in the opening of the Dec of Independence was no accident...

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And this is only the beginning! This is a deep-ish dive into the historical AND literary meaning/structure of the Dec of Independence. Basic...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Redundancy Trap with the ACT

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These can be sneaky. Beware of "redundancy"---using different words that mean the same to describe or explain one thing. Here is...

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Source: ACT Prep Academy
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Private vs Pubic Goods

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Quick Personal Finance Lesson: What these 4 things are costing you each week/month.

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I like the focus of this blog post here: Beware the Four Horseman of Personal Finance. It cites 4 basic things to AVOID in order to vastly...
Monday, April 2, 2018

Tariffs and Marginal Analysis--what economists care about.

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A big issue this week is the Trump administrations levying of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.  Just yesterday China announced that ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

I updated my 2007 in-class Stock Market Activity. I did pretty well in the over the last 10 years.

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I recently found the companies I used for a stock market activity for class in 2007 and updated the value with current prices. The number o...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

When is the value of an export not the value of the export?

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Here is a graphic I found on Twitter (lost the source).  It is a vivid example of how the trade numbers are a bit of an illusion. The grap...
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