One wouldn’t think that news of wreckage and multiple bodies being pulled from the sea could be classified as “good.” But given what we already very strongly suspected—which was that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 had crashed, and that the likelihood of … Continue reading →
This article appeared at HuffPo in 2008. It was written by Jackie Fuchs, a woman who went to law school with Obama, and is one of those pieces that are enriched by hindsight. The following excerpt from the portrait of … Continue reading →
[Part I here.] Some more gems from von Mises: Representative democracy cannot subsist if a great part of the voters are on the government pay roll. If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but … Continue reading →
Here are the things on that list I’ve done, and those I have yet to get around to: ”“bought a new car A lot of people thought I’d surely done this. But no. Probably never will, either, although about four … Continue reading →
Sadly, an AirAsia flight leaving from Indonesia and bound for Singapore has gone missing with 162 souls on board. Unlike the still-disappeared Malaysian flight, the AirAsia flight lost contact in a specific area and had reported bad weather immediately prior … Continue reading →
I was looking for something else last night and instead came across this post from early in my days as a blogger, nearly ten years ago. It was written in answer to one of those memes that used to be … Continue reading →
I read a tremendously relevant quotation from the philosopher and economist Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) the other day and decided I’d have to learn more about him: Mises’s greatest contribution [was] his demonstration that socialism cannot function as a rational … Continue reading →
Some of the recent furor over some of the incidents in which black people have died at the hands of police is understandable. The death of Eric Garner was a situation in which it is not a stretch to say … Continue reading →
This sort of thing always intrigues me. It’s a series of photographs of the four Brown sisters, taken every single year for the last forty years. My guess is that the sisters are very roughly my age, and it’s a … Continue reading →
This Slate article makes the point that there’s a lot we don’t know, and need to know, about Erdely’s article and the “research” behind it, as well as the decisions made by editors at the publication Rolling Stone. Another issue … Continue reading →
It’s a dog-save-dog world: Monkey see, monkey rescue [hat tip: Ace of Spades:
Continue reading →On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →