Libertarians and engineers should both engage and work to address industrial climate disruption instead of fleeing to the illusory safety of science denial.
Libertarians and engineers should embrace industrial climate disruption, not deny it
Nota Bene #114: Big Star
“The radio makes hideous sounds.” Who said it?
Unsolicited movie review: Capitalism…
…A love story. Which is what the film is, an unsolicited review of Capitalism. If you’re expecting standard, Michael Moore agit-prop you’ll be mildly disappointed. If you’re expecting a full deconstruction of […]
Dismembering the American Dream
GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job You can always count on the HuffPo for a sensational headline, whether the actual story backs it up or […]
The madding crowd
Oh god, if this is what The Economist is going to pass off as informed debate then letting my subscription lapse was an incredibly wise financial and emotional decision. I have to […]
The medical marijuana memo isn't worth the paper it's printed on
The Obama administration threw a bone to the lunatic, fringe left a few days ago. The memo to federal prosecutors in medical marijuana states has garnered hearty applause from Greenwald and the […]
Questions for conservative-land
Yesterday, a regular commenter wrote, “I don’t understand why everyone in liberal-land is still so fixated on Bush.” I think it’s a fair question and i’m willing to take a stab at […]
Obama strikes sour note on consumer protection issues
By Martin Bosworth I’ve been trying to embrace the idea of a Barack Obama presidency. The guy strikes a lot of the right notes–eloquent, charismatic, smart, persuasive, idealistic–and has a lot of […]
Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
Benin Mwangi, who blogs about doing business in Africa, asked me recently: “should the discussion be about how to get the informal sector to become part of the formal sector or should […]
Basic principles for building America’s Internet future
By Martin Bosworth Crossposted at Open Left. Senator Dick Durbin has begun a several-night series of conversations with the blogosphere on how to build a set of principles for improving American broadband […]
