The Next Financial Crisis: Virtual Banks - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
I think this may be a virtual crisis.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
A second stimulus?
Marginal Revolution: A second stimulus?: "What about spending the remaining 90% of the first stimulus?"
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Ottawa eyes $3,500 'cash-for-clunkers' program
Ottawa eyes $3,500 'cash-for-clunkers' program
Since I don't drive a car can I have $3500 for doing nothing?
Since I don't drive a car can I have $3500 for doing nothing?
Elect Michael Ignatieff Prime Minister of Canada - Republicans For Ignatieff
Elect Michael Ignatieff Prime Minister of Canada - Republicans For Ignatieff
I'm guessing this is the work of CPC or NDP operatives.
I'm guessing this is the work of CPC or NDP operatives.
Will the real radical please stand up?
Will the real radical please stand up?: "All that remains to be explained is how conservatives with centuries of tradition behind them get to be called radicals, while actual radicals who want to change everything are allowed to present themselves as gentle moderates."
Reinstating deposed President Manuel Zelaya would be a disaster for Honduras.
Reinstating deposed President Manuel Zelaya would be a disaster for Honduras. - By Dan Rosenheck - Slate Magazine: "We already had a dictatorship in the '80s, and Zelaya was making another one."
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Aptitude
The Way We Live Now - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Aptitude - NYTimes.com
I have only one issue with this otherwise well written article... using the term "more equal" (from George Orwell's Animal Farm) to describe affirmative action is to miss Orwell's thesis on autocratic socialism.
At the end of Animal Farm the "more equal" become what they had previously despised.
I have only one issue with this otherwise well written article... using the term "more equal" (from George Orwell's Animal Farm) to describe affirmative action is to miss Orwell's thesis on autocratic socialism.
At the end of Animal Farm the "more equal" become what they had previously despised.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy
The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
He means "enhanced interrogation techniques".
He means "enhanced interrogation techniques".
The Washington Post: RIP
The Washington Post: RIP | The Hillman Foundation
Charles Kaiser writes about WaPo's death following its influence peddling fiasco.
Charles Kaiser writes about WaPo's death following its influence peddling fiasco.
Friday, July 3, 2009
The 'Absentee' Senator
The 'Absentee' Senator - WSJ.com: "The unfortunate lesson is that you don't need to win the vote on Election Day as long as your lawyers are creative enough to have enough new or disqualified ballots counted after the fact."
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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