From the WSJ: The Wall Street Journal conducted a comprehensive study that assesses and analyzes the broad array of cookies and other surveillance technology that companies are deploying on Internet …
For some reason, Joseph Fouche from The Committee On Public Safety found a proposal on revising English Spelling interesting enough to write about. He lifts this example: It woz in …
As I spend more of my time trying to understand the different ways by which the USA will degenerate from its position of trade-empire, I have been working on the …
Loved this little paragraph today on “extend and pretend”. Although I can’t remember where I found it. The government has been playing “extend-and-pretend” based entirely on the idea that pent …
This article by a local democratic group led me to this CBPP article, which is a response to a paper by the Heritage foundation. Some critics continue to assert that …
Paul Krugman writes, in Permanently High Unemployment I really don’t think people appreciate the huge dangers posed by a weak response to 9 1/2 percent unemployment, and the highest rate …
Kenneth V. asks: I’m curious about your opinion on China’s future. As the democratic empire collapses in the west and power shifts its balance, do you think that the Chinese …
A work of personal experience by a reporter cohabitating with soldiers in Afghanistan. A work that states the patently obvious. At least, patently obvious to anyone with testosterone: That men …
I’m watching Obama talk about the new small business jobs bill on the news. And I”m struck by the observation that he has a really hard time saying ‘small business’. …
Over on Questions and Observations, Bruce McQuain questions whether we’re having another “Great Depression” or just a very slow recovery. An unnamed visitor pointed to a graphic from The Atlantic …
No. But increased liability would. I found the Straight Dope forums and they’re full of fairly good libertarian thinking. So I’m going to add them to my crawler’s roundtable. This …
On Straight Dope, there is a thread on whether one can be anti-capitalist but pro-market. I’ve captured my response below. DEFINITIONS 1) Capitalism (distributed planning and control using the technologies …
Reposted here for reference. Social class IQ differences and university access By Bruce G Charlton A feature for the Times Higher Education – 23 May 2008 Since ‘the Laura Spence …
via What Spies Really Do | Capital Gains and Games. Bruce Bartlett, in reference to the recent Russian spy case, uses an example from his past to pick on the behavioral economics of …
A friend posted an article on immigration reform. It’s yet another appeal to perceived wisdom. No titleWe can be free, or we can be exploited, or we can be oppressed …
