Joseph Gilligan
April 29, 2017
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Black Swan and the Emperor’s New Clothes Why are “experts” unable to predict most of history’s greatest events? Not…
November 17, 2016
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Election 2016: A Babylonian Furnace
Flannery O’Connor (1925-1962) was a preeminent writer in the American South. O’Connor drew her stories from her rural Georgian experiences…
April 21, 2016
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Social Security, What a Duesy!
In the 1930s, the phrase “It’s a duesy” meant “exceptionally good”, “simply awesome”. The phrase came from the automobile company…
February 05, 2016
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A Tale of Two Zip Codes
Tonight, along Houghton’s Genesee river banks, I cast my fishing line and hear the ghost of Charles Dickens howling –…
November 14, 2015
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Uber: Driving Liberals Crazy
Let’s face it, Apple is cool, Starbucks is cool and Uber is cool. So is being a young hipster. When we think…
April 16, 2015
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Is Atlas Shrugging?
The Disappearance of Ninety-Three Million American Workers and Business Startups. “Who is John Galt?” and why is the US economy…
January 26, 2015
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Economics // 2015 Fiscal Prediction
As I write this January 1st 2015, I am truly optimistic about this year’s economic outlook and unlike many experts…
October 31, 2014
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Enrollment and The Hail Mary Pass
A Vanderbilt University study concluded colleges that had recently closed had enrollments of fewer than one thousand students and endowments of…
October 05, 2014
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Viva la Revolución: America’s Energy Independence
“NO Gas Here!” said printed signs hung at gas stations nationwide in 1973. America faced a crippling oil crisis brought on…
September 24, 2014
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Minimum Wage: Tilting At Windmills
A growing number of Americans, academics, and politicians herald a rise in minimum wage as a solution to fight poverty.…