Former Enron board member Paul Krugman wrote in 2011: The VA’s success story is one of the best-kept secrets in the American policy debate…[conservative] pundits and policy makers…can’t handle the cognitive dissonance. via Forbes.
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Definition of ‘Conundrum’
The definition of the word conundrum is: something that is puzzling, or confusing. Here are six conundrums of socialism in the USA : 1. America is capitalist and greedy – yet half of the population is subsidized. 2. Half of
Real Unemployment Rate
From the Federalist, what today’s unemployment rate would look like if the economy had the same labor force participation rate as it did when the recession ended in June of 2009? It’s more like 10.3% instead of the ‘official’ 6.3%.
Ideologies and Consequences
From Victor Davis Hanson: Endangered species everywhere are supposed to be at risk — except birds of prey shredded by wind turbine farms, or reptilian habitats harmed by massive solar farms. High-speed rail is great for utopian visionaries — except
Economic Recovery?
Krugman, Reich, and Obama have proclaimed an economic recovery. My guess is that reality is going the other way: Only days after national pizza chain Sbarro filed for bankruptcy, sub sandwich chain Quiznos followed suit, filing for Chapter 11 protection
Jewish and Chinese Flight Crew
The Air Canada plane leaves Montreal Airport under the control of a Jewish captain; his co-pilot is Chinese. It’s the first time they’ve flown together and an awkward silence between the two seems to indicate a mutual dislike. Once they
Obama Economy Continues
Yep, Obama has taken his economic policy guidance from Krugman, Reich, and Marx, with the results that we’ve seen for more than five years. This cartoon helps explain some of the problems very succinctly… as a famous Russian used to
Only in America
The list of top 10 reasons it’s crazy in America… these ten put things into proper perspective: 10. Only in America… Could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund-raising event. 9. Only
Coming to Quick Conclusions
If you’ve ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through, you will love this! A large steel company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was
Hollywood’s View of the World
Since my wife loves going to the ‘picture show’, we’ve seen our fair share of movies. As a result, you can start to see a fairly consistent pattern (and redundancy) with the plots and themes… At this point, I’m pretty