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When Stupid Ideas Go Mainstream: Algebra on the Chopping Block

When you own a website, sometimes you need to type out an article and lay out your lamentations about the decline of something in your culture. Usually, this coincides with hitting a certain age and believing "that wasn't the case when I was a kid". I don't have any excuse like that; my cynicism is a reaction to a perfect storm of articles in recent days which, far from moving the Overton Window, broke the window and ripped out all the framing. Heck, it probably knocked down the wall.

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The Relationship Between Mortgage Rates and Home Prices

We've got a treat for you today - a spiffy graph we created with Google Drive (née Documents). Thanks to […]

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Are Incomes in the United States Becoming More Unequal?

Today we're going to delve into Income Equality, a topic which has been fresh in the American collective consciousness ever […]

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/29/2012

Ahh, the weekend. Let's do it. Links We Like! JT at Money Mamba does an interesting exercise where he compares […]

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The Mexican and the American Tourist

I saw this proverb a few years ago through StumbleUpon and I re-discovered it recently. As part of the PF […]

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The Definitive Guide to Protest Voting

In the episode of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror VII, you can find one of the most poignant cultural references ever made by a cartoon:

Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're nothing but hideous space reptiles!
Kodos:
It's true, we are aliens... but what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us!
Man1: He's right, this is a two-party system!
Man2:
Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate...
Kang:
Go ahead, throw your vote away!

Of course, Ross Perot is then show punching a hole in a "Perot '96" hat.

So, let's say that you aren't completely happy with either Democratic President Barack Obama or Republican Candidate Mitt Romney. What's a budding protester to do?

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/22/2012

Special thanks this week goes to blogress Andrea at So Over This for her assistance steering DQYDJ towards its new […]

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Offense Wins Games... Defense Wins Championships

I don't know who said it originally... but I always hated that quote. In my mind, if you win every game with a strong offense, what difference does defense make? If your defense is good enough for your offense to prevail, well, then you'll prevail.

On that note, I have more than half a million dollars in debt and I only pay the minimum payments.

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/15/2012

Remember my fantasy squad I posted about? 1-0, baby. So far, so good!

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Ethical Investing: Investing For the Good of Man... Not Just a Man

It appears these days, more than ever, that Ethical Investing is an oxymoron.

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Don't Quit Your Day Job...

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