Rambles

Thoughts about politics, economics, societal trends in our lives and anything else that tickles my fancy. In the Spring and Summer the Sacramento Rivercats become part of this rant.

Sunday, February 07, 2016

Change of Venue

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On the First of February I moved my blog to Five Cent Thinking -two things prompted that move.  First, if a penny for your thoughts is st...
Sunday, June 08, 2014

Suspension

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You will note that Rambles has not published much in 2014.   In the next few months I will make a decision about whether to a) go back to pu...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Diplomat Buyers Club

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The other day Jon Stewart did a very funny episode on several new ambassadors who had seem to have been appointed without reference to any q...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014

The Consumer Reports of Boycotts

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One of the outcomes of the Superbowl was a controversy about an Israeli company called SodaStream .   SodaStream sells a device which inje...
Monday, February 03, 2014

How do we deal with the new McCarthy-ists?

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The picture is from a website called "Stop Telling Lies about Liberals and We'll Stop Telling the Truth About You."    I hav...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The State of the Union

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I realize that many of my partisan friends will find this to be a partisan comment - but it is not meant that way.   I listened to the Presi...

Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger died yesterday at 94.   The New York Times did a great article summarizing his very long career.  But I wanted to add this foot...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Redundant Nanny Statism at its worst?

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The penetration of Smartphones and Tablets into our everyday lives has been very quick.   Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission announced a...
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drtaxsacto
I spent 40 years working at the intersection of higher education and public policy. I earned a doctorate from USC focused on tax policy and finance. Since 2011 I have had a consulting practice called Buffalo Consulting and have split my time between California and San Miguel de Allende.
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