May
29
2009
Spammers have found our blog. I guess this is a kind of success. Comments will be screened. Since there are only 2 of us there may be a delay before comments appear. If anyone wants to volunteer to assist, please send me a message. You can also send one if you want your comment to [...]
May
27
2009
Here’s an excellent article from the National Journal Magazine on the controversial ruling from Sotomayor on the Conneticut firefighter case. The article can be summarized as follows:
Frank Ricci, a firefighter in New Haven, Conn., spent 8-13 hours a day studying for an exam that he hoped would promote him to fire lieutenant. He paid $1,000 [...]
May
22
2009
In 2010 Massachusetts liberals were overjoyed by the new national Smart Grid which flexibly transferred wind and solar power from all over America to Massachusetts. In 2020 the Republican President ordered the Smart Grid Technical Committee to secretly cut off power to Massachusetts every time there was an anti-war demonstration. The cover story was some [...]
May
12
2009
“In Atlas Shrugged, Rand tells the story of the U.S. economy crumbling under the weight of crushing government interventions and regulations. Meanwhile, blaming greed and the free market, Washington responds with more controls that only deepen the crisis. Sound familiar?”
—Yaron Brook, “Is Rand Relevant?”
The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2009
Substitute auto industry for railroad, freeloaders [...]
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