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Odd arrangement of moon and contrails

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Iowa Hawkeyes

Counter-tribalism close to home

In response to the Facebook version of my "Visions of the Anointed" post, a fellow Yalie (one of my Freshmen when I was a Freshman Counselor) writes: I would change the "failure of Soviet communism" to the "success of American capitalism" and leave ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Ivy League

Visions of the Anointed

The failure of Soviet communism confirms that humans motivated by lofty ideals are capable of inflicting great suffering with a clear conscience. ..writes Paul Hollander in the Washington Post. I would replace "capable" with "likely" if government ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Washington Post Company,  Barack Obama,  Khmer Rouge,  Joseph Stalin

There's still time to think clearly...

Interesting defections in the healthcare debate: A top lobbyist says 30 of his clients are going to run full-page ads in the Washington Post, USA Today and other papers tomorrow announcing their opposition to the Baucus plan. Insurance lobbyist, ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  13 Oct 2009

A post from 2002

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Iowa Hawkeyes

More on small businesses "hunkering down"

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Iowa Hawkeyes

Two reasons to be happy

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Iowa Hawkeyes,  Alfred Nobel

Tax hikes by any other name..

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  26 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Iowa Hawkeyes

My other outlet

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  8 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Iowa Hawkeyes

Stable Equilibrium

Hey Megan. That was me back in the blogging stone age of 2002: One of John Nash's simple but great insights into 'games with N players' is that any persistent situation you observe is an equilibrium (he was then able to derive the math describing ...

From MINDLES H. DRECK, TigerHawk,  31 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  John Nash,  University of Chicago

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