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Roundup for π Day 2013
Happy Pi Day! This evening at 6:28 Eastern time, applicants to MIT will learn whether or not they've been admitted. For those hopefuls and anyone else in need of worthwhiling away a little time, some links of interest: Tyson Wynn, who runs local news site WelchOK.com, has been bombarded with...
<em>Tulsa World</em> to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary
The Tulsa World announced today that BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, will buy the newspaper from the Lorton family, with the sale expected to close in March. A sale to Berkshire Hathaway is good news for the employees of the World, at least those involved directly in...
Cushing rally planned to challenge Obama energy record
As President Obama visits Cushing, Oklahoma, tomorrow, conservative Oklahomans will gather tomorrow morning in Cushing to voice their support for a common-sense energy policy that allows exploration and development of America's energy resources. The Obama administration has been blocking the development of the Keystone XL pipeline from the tar sands...
George Kaiser and tax avoidance
Last week the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group published a detailed history of George Kaiser's fortune, a fortune built with care to avoid paying taxes, according to the story's author, Bill Allison. Allison co-authored The Cheating of America, a 2001 book on "wealthy individuals and powerful corporations avoid taxes." The article...
Notes from a visit to west Texas
My wife's dad's folks are all cotton farmers from west Texas, specifically the area around Stamford, which is just a bit north of Abilene. We drove down and spent fall break there. What follows are some disjointed notes from the trip down and back: We stopped at the Rock Cafe...
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