Some interesting observations: America’s universities are collapsing into a miasma of nihilism, postmodernism, political correctness, multiculturalism, affirmative action, bureaucratization, and skyrocketing costs—and no one seems able to do anything about it. With the exception of a few “Great Books” colleges,
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Liberals in the Modern Economy
Some recent commentary about leftist opposition to the emerging economy: The sharing economy tends to do an end run around regulators, and to challenge entrenched business interests that benefit from a cozy relationship with government. It upsets everything if Airbnb
Correct Opinions
“All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they’ll tell you will be wrong.” ― Michael Crichton
Why Not Make Minimum Wage $100/hr?
There is a famous story about paying more for something than it’s worth…
Greece Introduces Tax on Bank Withdrawals
Here’s one way to keep people from taking money out of their own banking accounts… Make them pay a fee. Is this the future for other nations as well? Greece has announced a surcharge on cashpoint withdrawals and financial transactions
What’s the Economic Future for Greece?
I’m still watching the ‘canary in the coal mine’ to see how western democracies emerge from ridiculous amounts of debt… Shares in Greece’s stricken banks fell to an all-time low on Tuesday amid fears the European Central Bank was planning
Economic Progress in Greece?
It doesn’t appear that there is a magical solution: Even if it survives the next three months teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Greece may have blown its best chance of a long-term debt deal by alienating its euro zone
Can Who be Trusted?
I happened to catch a mainstream television show discussing Iran, when one of the pundits postulated “Can Iran be Trusted?” First, I thought about the overwhelming preponderance of evidence from the last 30 years, and thought ‘That’s a pretty easy
Yep, More Government Control
With friendly sounding euphemisms, such as the ‘Affordable Care Act’ (more commonly known as Obamacare), the US Government decided that the name ‘Net Neutrality’ would make everyone swoon in support. You shouldn’t be misled, this is another Obama land-grab for
More Government Control?
More Obama-led intrusion from the Government, hidden under the euphemism of “net neutrality”… Comments from the FCC Commissioner: “The American people are being misled about President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet. Last week’s carefully managed rollout was designed to