Essays about Texas

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Sunday, May 31, 2020

To hell with social distancing: Let's loot the liquor store!

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Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on Memoria Day. Riots began in Minneapolis on the following day and quickly spread across the country. Wi...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Second (and kinder) thoughts about distance learning at the universities during the coronavirus pandemic

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Not long ago, I commented on the mass shift to distance learning at American universities, which were forced to close their campuses last Ma...
Monday, May 25, 2020

California ain't got the do re mi: Will Americans bail out the Golden State?

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California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got ...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

HEROES bill dishes out thin gruel for student-loan debtors: "Please, sir, I want some more."

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In its original form, the HEROES bill was 1,800 pages long; and I am grateful to Steve Rhode of Get Out of Debt Guy for summarizing its es...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

A JP Morgan economist says U.S. is heading toward a "Weimar Republic Inflation Setup": What in the hell does that mean?

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Earlier this month, Zerohedge.com published an essay by an unnamed JP Morgan economist who predicted that the national economy is headed t...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

One-day bankruptcies for corporations and decade-long bankruptcy proceedings for student debtors: Is that fair?

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Jonathan Henes, a corporate attorney, wrote an  op-ed essay  for the  Wall Stree Journa l a few days ago calling for Congress to codify one...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Three out of four test-takers failed the California Bar Exam in February: Do you still want to be a lawyer?

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This spring, pass rates for the California Bar Exam hit a historic low. Only 26.8 percent of the test-takers received a passing grade--abou...