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Here we go again. Net neutrality is not Obamacare either.

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:00:21 +0000

To nobody’s particular surpise, yesterday president Barack Obama endorsed a form of net neutrality. And immediately, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out swinging against it, calling it, “Obamacare for the Internet.” Sen. Cruz appears to have either failed to read,

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What your health insurance company doesn’t want you to know

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:00:58 +0000

My wife is a Type 1 diabetic. She’s the type of person insurance companies go out of their way to deny coverage for, and while I suppose I can say I’m used to them not covering her without a fight,

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How the Republican Party is losing me

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:24:15 +0000

I tend to lean to the right. For as long as I understood what it meant to be conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat, I called myself a conservative Republican. In college, I wrote a newspaper column for 3 1/2 years brashly titled "No Left Turns."

In last year's primary, I voted for Ron Paul for a couple of reasons. One, a lot of things he said made sense. Two, at least he sincerely believed in the things he said that didn't make sense. And three, he's a doctor. When Ron Paul predictably didn't get the nomination, I voted against John McCain and for a Democrat, Barack Obama. The main reason was health care.

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I didn’t cause the depression

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:50:25 +0000

Various analysts are blaming the current depression on people like me. The reasoning goes like this: I have money in the bank, therefore, I should be out spending it, for the greater good, to stir the economy.

Let's correct that right now.

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How does the live-within-your-means movement apply to the current recession?

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:06:33 +0000

Joseph brought up some good points in the comments for the previous entry, and I don't think a short response does them justice. He wants to know what the personal finance experts have to say about the current economic crisis.

Suze Orman actually went on TV a few weeks ago and called it an opportunity of a lifetime. I'll explain.

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What net neutrality means and why it\’s a good thing

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:24:01 +0000

This week, John C. Dvorak makes a good argument in favor of net neutrality.

I'm going to take it from a different angle. I am a conservative. While I rarely vote a straight Republican ticket, I am registered as a Republican. Republicans generally are against net neutrality.

They are wrong. I will assume it's from a lack of understanding rather than bad intentions, but in this case, wrong is wrong. I'll explain why.

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Take some steps to improve your health today

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:41:26 +0000

So Michael Moore has a new movie out, this time taking on the touchy topic of health care. I was a very outspoken opponent of Hillary Clinton's plan 15 years ago. I'm extremely disappointed that the alternative plans crafted by the Republicans dropped as soon as the Clinton plan died.

I won't argue that the U.S. health care system is terrible now. I will argue that some of the fault belongs to the person in our mirrors though. (And I don't want to be rude, but Michael Moore needs to take some personal responsibility too.)

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Another story of eminent domain gone wrong

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:34:10 +0000

Eminent domain is supposed to be used for the greater good, such as when a building is falling down and endangering people but the owner refuses to take care of the problem, or when a road is needed and there's no choice but to take out buildings that stand in the way.

It's not supposed to be used to bulldoze an auto repair business to make room for an art gallery.

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The government exists to protect and serve its citizens, not the other way around

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 02:36:59 +0000

"If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter." -- Thomas Jefferson

Today, half of U.S. high school students surveyed believe newspaper stories should require government approval. Pravda, anyone?

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So we\’re complaining about our economy…

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:39:24 +0000

OK, so this is a bit late coming, and I haven't really been able to think this through as well as I should, so I hope some other people will think through it with me. The problem: Our trade deficit is up.

The solution is to devalue the dollar. Supposedly.

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