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Michael Lewis wants women to rule Wall Street. I would like to take his thesis about a million steps further.

By Matthew Dicks | December 17, 2014 |

Michael Lewis has Eight Things I Wish for Wall Street. Blogger Jason Kottke highlighted #2 on his blog: 2. No person under the age of 35 will be allowed to work on Wall Street. I like this one a lot, but I like #3 even better: 3. Women will henceforth make all Wall Street trading…

The demographics of the Republican Party are astounding.

By Matthew Dicks | June 19, 2014 |

There are currently 278 Republicans in both the House and Senate. Every single one of them is a Christian. Just 23 are women. There is one African-American. That African-American, Tim Scott of South Carolina, was not elected. He was appointed to fill a vacant seat by the state’s governor. In fact, the only black Republicans…