American-style capitalism, sans regulation, has earned its present bad rap. Even so, some market mechanisms do work quite well. Commodities pricing is discovered and costs kept low because markets are very efficient […]
Vindication for the Doomsayers
by Djerrid Sometimes it’s good to go back and see who had it right. Poor Peter Schiff came out again and again on Fox to sound the alarm bell that we borrowed […]
Note Bene #59
Hot links from recent days: “Dear wife of John” … The cold fusion debate is on again … Orwell’s Animal Farm was refused publication–by T.S. Eliot … Gaddafi more empowered than ever, […]
World's longest-running war for independence — or exercise in futility? (Pt. 2)
A Flip Through the Karen Annals The Karens, as well as other ethnic groups, actually arrived in Burma before the majority group known as the Burmans (as opposed to the Burmese, all […]
Yes, we have no Bananastans
by Jeff Huber President Barack Obama’s March 27 announcement of a “new strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan” makes it official.He has no clue what he’s doing in the Middle East.Unless, of course, […]
