Archive for April, 2016

Cutting government spending now hurts everyone.

Sunday, April 17th, 2016

This chart from Brad DeLong has to be my favorite for understanding “what’s missing?” or “what’s different?”. The one area of the economy that is going down is government spending. If conservative economics were correct, the economy should be rocking. Instead it is making slow but steady progress. Voters need to stop punishing government workers […]

Pan-Seared Scallops

Monday, April 4th, 2016

Reminder to self: Why you should cook with ‘dry’ scallops SS: Is there any way to freshen up wet scallops, or any trick to making them a little bit better? MB: Yes, we do have a little hack to help make wet scallops better, to cover up that chemical flavor taste. Soak them in 1 […]