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Howard Ahmanson

PRIVACY, PROPERTY, AND THE POWER OF IMPOSING CONDITIONS

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March 23, 2012June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In this link we read that organizations are demanding disclosure of Facebook passwords as a condition of employment, or of being allowed to play on a college athletic team. Conservatives, especially of the more libertarian variety, have often displayed a […]

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SLAP ‘EM AND WALK HOME – A way of promoting abstinence in our culture

  • Culture
March 22, 2012June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I must start with a word of explanation.  Lysistrata was a comic play by Aristophanes in classical Greece, in which the women, in order to stop a war they thought senseless, agreed to not sleep with their men until the […]

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The Politician who Defeated Santorum

  • Politics
March 21, 2012July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have seen it asserted that Rick Santorum is such a loser that the people of Pennsylvania rejected him and his social agenda.  Him, maybe, but before you conclude that they utterly rejected his social agenda, Gentle Readers, take a […]

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Stealth Democracy: A Summary of the Thesis of John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse

  • Politics
February 22, 2012June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

It was fashionable in the sixties to talk of ‘participatory democracy.’  But John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, claim, on the basis of much research and reading, that that is exactly what the […]

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Some Vice-Presidential Speculation, Already

  • Politics
February 13, 2012December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Obama’s recent attempt to force Catholic institutions to act contrary to their beliefs if they serve the public at large has tempted me to cross party lines and vote Republican for President this fall. So I might as well speculate […]

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Agriculture in the ‘burbs and exurbs’

  • Economics
February 11, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Looks like the plummeting housing market has given a new lease of life to agriculture in the ‘burbs and exurbs.’ Related: “U.S. Farmers Reclaim Land From Developers,” by Robbie Whelan at The Wall Street Journal

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We’re The Trustfunders!

  • Economics
February 10, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Actually, Forbes is as prejudiced as Occupy.  You can’t generalize about us one percenters.  Some have indeed provided excellent products and services, or done good philanthropic work.  Some have made money without doing much really productive for society, like hedgefunders. […]

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Marijuana In Public Spaces

  • Culture
February 9, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

While I find the odor of marijuana a little less offensive than that of tobacco, a lot of people don’t, and I think the same standard should be applied to marijuana in public spaces as to tobacco. Related: “Marijuana dropped […]

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President Obama’s Difficulty with Diversity

  • Politics
February 7, 2012July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The San Francisco Chronicle, not a right wing publication, reports on Obama’s difficulty in getting along with people of diverse opinions. Too much antithesis for him, I guess. Related: “Obama’s 2012 slogan: Can’t work with others” by Debra Saunders at […]

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Peter Schrag’s Disillusionment

  • California
February 6, 2012July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Peter Schrag is very much a man of the left, so it is nice to see him getting disillusioned with the teachers’ union establishment. Related: “AWOL At The Kvetching” by Peter Schrag at California Progress Report

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