{"id":3595,"date":"2009-04-15T07:03:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/04\/15\/links-for-2009-04-15-4\/"},"modified":"2009-04-15T07:03:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:03:13","slug":"links-for-2009-04-15-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/04\/15\/links-for-2009-04-15-4\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-04-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/csnc\/blogs\/ezraklein_archive?month=04&amp;year=2009&amp;base_name=why_do_state_and_local_taxes_h\">EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;If you indeed instituted the calls to flatten out the federal tax distribution, the influence of state and local taxes would leave you with an incredibly regressive tax structure, not a slightly less progressive tax structure. Which is something to keep in mind next time you read a Wall Street Journal columnist attacking the soak-the-rich qualities of the federal income tax system.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/class-war\">class-war<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/ezra-klein\">ezra-klein<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skullsinthestars.com\/2009\/04\/13\/levitation-and-diamagnetism-or-leave-earnshaw-alone\/\">Levitation and diamagnetism, or: LEAVE EARNSHAW ALONE!!! \u00c2\u00ab Skulls in the Stars<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s hard to tell if the author is being snarky or really looks upon mathematical physics as a \u00e2\u0080\u009cmumbojumbo\u00e2\u0080\u009d that impedes progress.  Taking the statement at face value, it highlights an important and semi-common misunderstanding of many physics theorems, and so I thought I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d take a qualitative stab at explaining Earnshaw\u00e2\u0080\u0099s theorem and its relationship to diamagnetic materials and magnetic levitation.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/materials\">materials<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/skulls-in-stars\">skulls-in-stars<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordmunger.com\/?p=1138\">How you know your daughter\u00e2\u0080\u0099s spring break is too long<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">She re-shelves her books by color. 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