The Art of the Possible
Alternatives. At New York magazine, Jonathan Chait asks, “When Did Liberals Become So Unreasonable?“, while David Frum asks, “When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?” After accounting for the bias...
View ArticleA Must Read on the Financial Crisis
Bethany McLean has a must-read article on Reuters about the role of the SEC's 2004 change in broker-dealer leverage requirements in the financial crisis. The article thoroughly debunks the argument...
View ArticleA fun Independence Day list of things that are now considered taxes
The power to destroy. If you have decided to go along with Chief Justice Roberts and agree that Obamacare is a tax, now is the time to contemplate the many things this reading will allow Congress to...
View ArticleWhy are conservatives happier than liberals?
Smile. I’m more interested in your feedback on this than I am in giving my opinion, but my gut feeling is that the touchstone of happiness is purposefulness. At first blush, I can’t reconcile my...
View ArticleBringing Up the REAR: House Speaker Rep. John Boehner
First let me just say that I am not really picking on Rep. Boehner so much individually, as I am picking on both him and his GOP cohorts, collectively. That is to say that President Obama will be...
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