http://news.yahoo.com/1-2-graduates-jobless-underemployed-140300522.html
Glad I’m going into a PhD program. Looks like I’d have a tough time if I wasn’t. And the field of finance was hit particularly hard by the 2008 crash.
Sex Robots?
I really have to wonder… why is it that the top trending search on Yahoo! all day has been “sex robots”? Are there really that many people searching for them?
Latest News
Two things to bring up.
The first, in personal news – I found out that (despite the previous rejection letter caused by a paperwork error) I have been accepted into George Mason University! I’ll be moving to Fairfax, Virginia, sometime this summer. The down side is that I did not get any financial assistance, so I’ll need to find some way to pay for it. Between cost of living and tuition, I have estimated that I’ll need (assuming I can get a roommate) about $45,000/year… and it’ll take 4 or 5 years to go through the whole PhD program. Now, after two or three years, I’ll be ABD and can (theoretically) get a job teaching, and do my dissertation from a distance. And my tuition will drop after I establish residency in Virginia, which means I could get away with about $38,000/year after the first year.
But I’m definitely going to need some heavy funding assistance. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to get in loans.
The second, in National News. Things do not look good for Ron Paul. Paul’s only shot, really, was a brokered convention where delegates are all unbound after the first round. Santorum was drawing votes from Romney that would help this. But with Frothy gone, Romney’s chances of getting enough delegates in the first round has increased. Some think that many of Santorum’s followers will go to Paul, and a few have… but the two were so diametrically opposed that I don’t think this’ll give us a surge of support.
Right now, Gingrich is ironically Paul’s best hope, and it is much slimmer than Gingrich himself. In short, I’d lay money at this point on a Romney victory in the Republican primary. Followed by an Obama victory in the national election, because I seriously doubt Romney can beat Obama.
Facebook deactivated
Couldn’t find a way to actually delete it, but my Facebook is now deactivated. People who payed attention to my profile picture can now reach me here. Posts will not be as frequent, but hopefully will be interesting. OTOH, this is my blog so I reserve the right to make boring posts, too. 😛 After all, not every FB status update was a gem!
Introduction
For my first post, I think it best to give an idea about the kind of things I’ll be leaving here. I’m politically active. I’m a minarchist libertarian, and I think our government is way too big. I’m a supporter of Ron Paul, and if he doesn’t get the nomination from the Republicans I’ll go back to the Libertarian Party and support Gary Johnson. I don’t think a 3rd party vote is a wasted vote. I’m also big on economics – in fact, current intentions, God willing, are to go to grad school and get my PhD in Economics.
Now, I won’t say that *everything* I post is going to be political or economic. This is my blog, and I’ll post what I want. I intend to leave comments open on everything, so feel free to chime in. Agree or disagree. But… keep in mind that while you are free to say what you’d like, I won’t take you seriously if you start making personal attacks.
Hope you enjoy!
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