John Edwards kicked off Poverty Tour 2007 today. His opponents and a lot of media people who’d know better if they’d studied a little harder in school will be countering with the […]
July 4, 2011: What will be different? Nothing.
On July 4, 2011, the United States will be led by President X of Party A or Party B. What will be different on that day? Probably not much. American troops are […]
The Fall Of The House Of Bubble
By Martin Bosworth As is often the case when crimes go bad, the crooks are quick to point the finger at each other to escape culpability, and the collapse of the housing […]
Buffaloes beat Lions
Presented for your viewing enjoyment, an unscripted nature vignette with subversive political overtones. (It starts to get really interesting at about the 3:30 mark.) [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM]
The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
There is something magnificent about the way that modern, market-driven businesses get ever more efficient. How they are able to derive ever more from ever less. Agriculture used to be a matter […]
Immigration capitulation
As mad as I am about the Dems bending over and dropping trou for the Decider on the Iraq war bill, there’s actually another case of “surrender monkeying” that bothers me more, […]
Memorial Day musings: Americans, politicians, and the great species divide
Virek must have seen it too; he screamed, and Baron Samedi, Lord of Graveyards, the loa whose kingdom was death, leaned in across Barcelona like a cold dark rain. – William Gibson, […]
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