Random Thoughts by Mark Milliorn

After a career of teaching history, it is so much fun to write about nonsense.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Educational Immortality

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Yesterday, I received a very kind letter from a former student.   Besides the incredibly large salaries and the vast and well-furnished offi...
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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Ration Rationing!

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 For the last couple of weeks, most of the email generated by this blog has concerned those government-run grocery stores proposed by the Ne...
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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Why Not Government Grocery Stores

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 By now, most Americans know that the Democratic Party candidate for Mayor of New York has included a propos al for opening five municipall...
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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Trains of Thought

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This is a topic I wish I could discuss with Fred Dabney.   Fred was a Renaissance Man— somebody who knew just about everything about anythin...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Why the CBO is Frequently Wrong

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 During the hectic, unreal days of Watergate, Congress decided it needed a trusty sidekick to wrangle the federal budget.   Thus, the Congre...
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Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Dangers of Economic Populism

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 Last week I wrote about Zohran Mamdani , an…. unorthodox… primary candidate in the New York mayoral race.   Since then, Mamdani has won.   ...
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Mark Milliorn
Now that I'm retired, I'm a student again. I just finished my fifth bachelor's degree and I'm looking for a new major. I make terrible watercolor paintings that I burn so they can't be used as evidence at my commitment hearing.
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