Archives for February, 2009

Perhaps because of his popularity, the mainstream media has failed to report on Obama’s audacious array of broken promises and backtracks. Within the same week, he pledged to not raise taxes until the economy recovers and also proposed a massive tax hike on individuals earning more than $125K per year. He pledged his support for [...]

One dreary refrain of the America is failing chorus is that China is taking over. Prompted by the likes of Lou Dobbs, they worry that because toasters, drills, and iPods are made in China, US prominence is ending. While intrusive and expensive labor laws make manufacturing in the US uncompetitive with China, simply losing the [...]

Readers of the Wall Street Journal may have noticed a front page article this week warning that a group of economists now predict the recession will linger into early 2010. While that may sound like more doom and gloom, it is actually good news. What the Journal failed to report is that economists are hopeless [...]

A morbid, but interesting cocktail topic is to ask: “Who was the most evil person in history.” Hitler, who killed perhaps 60 million? Stalin, 20 million? Mao, 40 million? Pol Pot, 2 million? Once an atrocity exceeds a graspable number of victims, it is hard to judge evil intent versus evil results. This blog wishes [...]