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		<title>A Sugar-Coated Context</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t until well into college that I realized that all the nutrients in white bread were not concentrated in the crust.  It&#8217;s not like I was vigorously debating the topic and defending the position, but it was just something that was always in the back of my mind when presented with a slice of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=68</link>
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		<title>I Used to Think Correlation Implied Causation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept is simple: you have an expectation about how things work in the world and then as you observe actual events and experience life, you revise those expectations accordingly.  We constantly observe, predict, react trying to keep our mental model of the state of the universe one step ahead of its constantly changing shape.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=67</link>
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		<title>When I Grow Up, I Want a Pond Full of Rubber Ducks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have this irrational fear that one day I&#8217;ll wake up and realize I&#8217;m an adult.  You know, realize at some point that you&#8217;ve unknowingly crossed the threshold into the culturally-universal archetype of the main portion of your existence.  I plan on deluding myself on this point for some time to come.  I wholly intend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=66</link>
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		<title>This Winter?  The Snowiest.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to talk about February in Washington, DC without talking about snowpocalypse.  So it turns out my first winter here is for all intents and purposes the worst on record for snow and just generally colder and more unpleasant than usual.  But since when do things turn out the way you expect them to?
One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=65</link>
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		<title>Movies, Impulses, TW and Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My favorite two movies I&#8217;ve seen in the last year are The Hangover and Up in the Air.  I&#8217;m going over 2009 in Film on Wikipedia just to make sure.  Sure, Fast and Furious and The Taking of Pelham 123 were pretty good too&#8230; right up my alley with their brand of relatively-mindless action and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=64</link>
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		<title>New Decade, New Concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally I&#8217;ve used this space to write about my take on current issues &#38; my particular flavor of philosophy and politics.  This certainly yielded some interesting material, but posts were somewhat sporadicly written, lacked any real organization or flow, and really only captured a portion of my experiences over time.
From here on out, my plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=63</link>
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		<title>Bitterness &amp; Jealousy: Tax the Rich!</title>
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In honor of the recently passed Tax Day (April 15), I wanted to examine something that has become the status quo, but perhaps deserves a second look &#8212; progressive taxation.  At face value, it seems relatively logical.  Government programs cost money, and well, we have enough government programs that if we just split the bill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=61</link>
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		<title>A Shift in Consumer Mentality</title>
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One of the more interesting economic phenomena to come out of the financial crisis we find ourselves in is the shift in consumer mentality and consumption patterns.  Suddenly the opulence of the past decade is being replaced by increased saving the popular thriftiness.  It&#8217;s interesting to read how advertisers and merchants are reacting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=59</link>
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		<title>Failure: It&#8217;s Okay to Do Nothing</title>
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The latest round of stories about the automaker bailout and the strong emotions flying around Washington have a resounding phrase in many of the quotes that will no doubt permeate the sound bytes on this issue.  The White House says Congress failed to act.  The Democrats are saying the Republicans failed to act.  Anyone who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=58</link>
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		<title>Bailout and the Coming Recession</title>
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Ever make a dire prediction and have it start to come true, much to your dismay?  It&#8217;s often hard to decide whether to shake your head and lament how you &#8220;knew this would happen&#8221; or whether to find the other idiot that was blindsided and get the hollow satisfaction of an &#8220;I told you so&#8221;.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrewloewer.com/musings/?p=55</link>
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