ECO110 Microeconomics and Public Policy

Assistant Professor Giddings

Commentary*

 

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse College Democrats

The following websites, articles and miscellaneous represent what I think are interesting commentary on current events.

The War in Iraq

What US News Doesn't Show Us About the War in Iraq. Note: this story was all over the BBC news in Europe last week.

U.S. Casualties

"The Stovepipe" by Seymour M. Hersh published in The New Yorker, October, 2003.

"Cool War: Economic Sanctions as a Weapon of Mass Destruction" by Joy Gordon

Sen. Roberty Byrd's Remarks on War in Iraq

On "Moral Values"

Frank Rich: The Gay Old Party Comes Out, The New York Times, October 15th 2006.

Frank Rich: On 'Moral Values,' It's Blue in a Landslide, The New York Times, November 14th 2004.

Academic

How To Be an Academic Failure

Other

The Triumph of Hope over Self-Interest

Minnesota Kitch: James Lileks

Carolyn Hax of the Washington Post: Tell Me About It

The Wall Street Poet

Civil Disobedience against Affirmative Action?

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*Note, the opinions expressed on this page are not representative of the general views and opinions of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the Department of Economics and UWL, my friends, neighbors, pets or even their pets. They are intended to provoke discussion and generate interesting comments on behalf of those interlopers on my website.