Jul 10 2010
Was paging through an old Time-Life book from the “Great Ages of Man” series, Imperial Rome. Copyright 1965. There is a chapter on the Fall of the Roman Empire, which of course has been analyzed Ad infinitum by many scholars, but this chapter is nice and short at only 5 pages. So I wondered how [...]
Feb 15 2010
From a speech by Abraham Lincoln in reply to Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago Illinois, July 10th 1858 Now, sirs, for the purpose of squaring things with this idea of “don’t care if slavery is voted up or voted down”, for sustaining the Dred Scott decision, for holding that the Declaration of Independence did not mean [...]
Feb 07 2009
The following explanation of the Stimulus plan comes via the Anchoress. I feel pretty sure that the giant pork bill being crafted in Washington will result in lots and lots of money going into the wrong pockets, this simple little joke cuts to the heart of it quite effectively. Three contractors are bidding to fix [...]
Jan 31 2009
Adventurers spent years searching for the source of the Nile. But finding the source of the current economic meltdown is considerably easier. It was published in the Business section of the New York Times in 1999.
Oct 21 2008
Orson Scott Card provides an indictment of the journalist profession for their refusal to dig even a little into the causes of the current economic crisis: This housing crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration. It was a direct result of the political decision, back [...]
