Most college macroeconomic textbooks have all sorts of information to explain the concept of inflation or recession. I was just explaining to son Leonard that an economy is in a constant state of change, and the Government attempts to keep
Category: Politics
Jimmy Carter and Realism
Our favorite senile jackass: Jimmy Carter. Some people just don’t know when it’s time to head out to pasture… Hat tip to Todd Imwalle
The Focus of University Leadership
Update – A provocative article from Thomas Sowell entitled the “Economics of College“. Sowell makes some fascinating observations for the reason that college costs so much: There are two basic reasons. The first is that people will pay what the colleges
Comparison of Presidential Positions
All three of the leading candidates have answered ten questions on issues ranging from international affairs to domestic issues in this 2008 Presidential Questionnaire at the The Simon Wiesenthal Center: Click this link to download the 17-page PDF document. Hat
Crimes and Race
An interesting posting at Volokh Conspiracy about the distribution of crimes among major races in the United States: In 2007, about 72,000 persons were convicted of federal crimes. Here’s the breakdown of the defendants by race in the 95% or
King and the GOP
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Martin Luther King was a Republican…
It’s Always Been Jihad
I can’t say that I’ve ever liked the Israeli historian, Benny Morris, but his recent interview in the Jerusalem Post really sums it up in very simple views: “The sense of Arab humiliation has only deepened over the past 60
Second Amendment & Neighbors
This is a humorous one from the Grouchy Old Cripple…
Trickle-Down Stupidity
I constantly ask my family, “how in the heck can Olmert still be leading the Government of Israel?” I think I finally found the answer at Dry Bones…
What White People Want
John Tavardian sent me a comment about how Obama knows what a “typical white person” is like… Tarvar said we should visit this website: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ It’s a parody on the fetishes, fantasies, and fixations of upper-class white urban liberals. Some of the