DISQUS

The Story of O?

I used to have onset insomnia. I don't know what I did, but now I've got the opposite: (Early Morning Waking?), often getting about six hours, which is not enough for me, and I can't nap unless I've got a bed in a quiet place.

According to "When morality opposes justice:
Conservatives have moral intuitions that liberals may not recognize" www.chicagocdr.org/papers/haidt%20paper.doc
"Most conservatives (with the exception of some economic conservatives) therefore embrace the ethics of community, and are morally opposed to the extreme individual freedom promoted by a pure ethics of autonomy...."

How about a little love for economic conservatives?

I live in a small midwest university town, where I ended up because that's where I found a job teaching. I like to walk and walk a half hour to school five days a week. I would prefer being able to enjoy what a big city offers, but didn't find a job in one. Even if I did, at my current salary I couldn't afford to live in my own house in a decent neigborhood.

My consumption is just about optimal. (I can afford to visit big cities on those long academic vacations.) I'll accept a raise, though! PhD's in my field (one of worst paid in the Liberal Arts) make far less than in most others; in fact, the average local high school teacher's pay is the same as mine, and I've been working here almost 20 years.

Dan Restrepo has worked on Western Hemisphere issues! He's worked with "issues"! He's a good person!