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Aug 8, 2011, 8:59 am
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post called "The Great Depression Reenactor" about former White House Economic Adviser and noted Great Depression "expert," Christina Romer. The gist of the post was that, despite the evidence to the contrary, she was still clinging to her failed Keynesian polic... Comment - Like
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Apr 27, 2011, 3:40 pm
Random happenstance led me to read two articles today that have connections in ways I wouldn't have otherwise noticed and both articles are worth sharing. The first is the Specific.
In Chipotle Mexican Grill versus egalitarianism, Stephen Hicks examines the recent case against the restau... Comment - Like
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Apr 20, 2011, 1:57 pm
In 1936, the country was still in the stranglehold of the Great Depression, and despite billions of dollars of government largesse, (largely to swing states and politically important groups) unemployment was still hovering near 20% and more Americans were "on relief" (make work jobs and welfare) tha... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2011, 12:02 pm
What follows comes from the private journal of a man close to the president who, when confronted with the reality of the man, looked on in fear and apprehension:
I was impressed as never before by the utter lack of logic of the man, the scantiness of his precise knowledge of things that he was ... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2010, 2:39 pm
As a follow-up to a relatively recent post, Whining, Finger-pointing, and Self-indulgence, please see the following behind-the-scenes looks at the Obama presidency and the person of the president: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
It's obvious that one should question the legitimacy of these "anony... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2010, 7:12 am
Based on my posting frequency of late, it wouldn't be much of a surprise to not see a post for over a week, but I can (nearly) guarantee there won't be one until September. Why? We'll be enjoying the sun, the beach, friends, and family on a much needed vacation. Enjoy what's left ... Comment - Like
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Aug 16, 2010, 6:34 am
Since I weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque not quite two months ago, I have been troubled with my position. I felt a strong sense of discord in my thinking; while I held my reasoning was sound in my position of not wanting the government to use arbitrary force to stop the mosque, the mosque itsel... Comment - Like
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Aug 11, 2010, 8:20 am
What we are seeing, I think, is a group of supremely arrogant people humbled by events. They are turning out to be a good deal more incompetent than they (and many Americans) ever imagined. They see impending political doom in the form of the midterm elections. Yet this is not leading them toward an... Comment - Like
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Aug 6, 2010, 9:03 am
Having done all she can to bring about a country-wide reenactment of the Great Depression, President Obama's chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer, is stepping down. Following the standard doctrine of politicized, progressive economists, she believes that heavy government in... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2010, 4:18 pm
In "Scalia Was Right" in today's WSJ, James Taranto discusses how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia predicted the 9th Circuit's overturning of California's Prop. 8. Taranto uses that model to predict that when the SC hears the appeal, it will be upheld by a 5-4 vote with Justice Kennedy writing t... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2010, 9:32 am
I've asked myself this question a number of times in the past year.When do you suppose the citizens of imperial Rome first realized that their way of life had tipped into inexorable decline?
A few foresaw the impact of Caesar's usurpation of the rule of law, marking his ascension as th... Comment - Like
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Jun 23, 2010, 9:24 pm
Let me tell you a bit about my recent experience with the Census Bureau. But first, some backstory:
The Census is a once-every-decade thing that was intended, when government was relatively just, to tell the House of Representatives how many such reps should come from each state, based ... Comment - Like
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Jun 14, 2010, 8:42 am
It seems that foreign observers often have keener insights about the fundamental American nature and sense-of-life than do Americans themselves. The following was written in 1929 by British historian B. H. Liddell Hart, in the preface to his biography, "Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American." In t... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2010, 10:56 am
Welcome to the June 10, 2010 edition of the Objectivist Roundup, your weekly dose of intellectual fuel and ammunition.
This roundup features posts by blog authors who are students and advocates of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. She called it a "philosophy for living on earth" an... Comment - Like
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Jun 3, 2010, 8:56 am
When the Turks denied the use of their land when Bush invaded Iraq, many wondered why a supposed ally and the most secular nation in the Middle East would act in such a way. In hindsight, it's obvious that it was one of the first blatant indications of the Islamicization of the country.I have writte... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2010, 9:20 am
Ed Koch delivers a solid, withering attack on US foreign policy. He starts off clearly naming the enemy and the vital stakes of the battle:We are at war with radical Islam, and that war will go on for many years.For me, the question is this: will the secular Western civilization shared by Americ... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2010, 9:49 am
Obama recently cautioned a group of graduating college kids that some of the arguments flowing to them via their "iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations" don't "rank all that high on the truth meter" and are threatening our democracy.One would hope that someone with even a little bit of health... Comment - Like
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May 11, 2010, 9:26 am
Alinsky wrote the playbook for leftists to push their socialist agenda, and it's been put to great use by the current administration. But another thinker is also heavily favored by Obama: Cass Sunstein.Doug Reich probably had the same deja vu I had when he read the following quote from a recent Oba... Comment - Like
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Apr 22, 2010, 9:27 am
For all the glitzy, fun, and hip messages we see on TV (especially children's programming) about earth day, the true essence of the green movement is most emphatically NOT about making the earth a better place for humans.I've posted it a few times before, but it is so dead on, here it is again:Most ... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2010, 11:01 am
While reading Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History by John David Lewis the other day, I came across something that I knew immediately I needed to post here. In the chapter about William Tecumseh Sherman, Lewis examines Sherman's goal-directed actions as he planned and... Comment - Like
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Apr 8, 2010, 8:29 am
Welcome to the April 8, 2010 edition of the Objectivist Roundup, your weekly dose of intellectual fuel and ammunition.This roundup features posts by blog authors who are students and advocates of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. She called it a "philosophy for living on earth" and further de... Comment - Like
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Mar 25, 2010, 4:39 pm
Well, to Hades, actually.Caritas Christi Health Care, a non-profit Catholic hospital chain in Massachusetts dedicated to Catholic morality and social justice, is being acquired by a private equity firm. The name of the firm? Cerberus. Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2010, 8:39 am
I knew it was coming, and still I'm surprised. As late as last Friday, I had allowed myself the hope that Obamacare would be defeated. I was inspired by the work of Paul Hsieh and others, and thought that maybe, just maybe, America would stave off the Leviathan.I was wrong.It's easy to blame the D... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 8:06 am
Jared Rhodes posted great op-ed this morning, saying:On the proverbial eve of the critical vote on health reform, here are some assorted thoughts and ponderings to share, Thomas Sowell-style.Here are some of the gems, but the whole thing is worth a read, a tweet, an email to friends, etc.2. Accordi... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 4:33 pm
Word to the wise: sharp things can hurt you. If you buy something that is sharp--say, a precision machine designed to cut wood by spinning a 10-inch blade at nearly 4,000 RPM--then it's reasonable to suggest that you know what you're getting into. Namely, that you know it could cut you if ... Comment - Like
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Mar 11, 2010, 11:45 am
Welcome to the March 11, 2010 edition of the Objectivist Roundup, your weekly dose of intellectual fuel and ammunition.This roundup features posts by blog authors who are students and advocates of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. She called it a "philosophy for living on earth" and further d... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2010, 12:15 pm
"Google's algorithms learn less common search terms better than others because many more people are conducting searches on these terms on Google. These and other network effects make it hard for competing search engines to catch up. Microsoft's well-received Bing search engine is addressi... Comment - Like
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Feb 25, 2010, 1:44 pm
We've got a new host this week, The Secular Foxhole. Check it out! Comment - Like
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