Musicnomics Part II: Decline and Fall
So a while back I wrote an article about the wacky world of music where talent is ignored in favor of prepackaged, overproduced tweenie heart throbs and beauty queens who have little discernible talent other than a voice that would typically… Continue reading
Republicans use Political Correctness Too
In my series of “mommy he did it too” articles, I now turn to the dreaded political correctness. Political correctness apparently came to us from the Frankfurt School and critical theory which, as Herbert Mercuse posited, the oppressed should have… Continue reading
Yes, Liberals are “Anti-Science” Too
So Michael Shermer made a bit of a splash earlier this year when he wrote there was a “liberal war on science” in addition to—not instead of—a conservative war on science. As he says:
The left’s war on science begins… Continue reading
Effects of QE3 in the Housing Market
In yet another attempt at jump starting the economy, the Federal Reserve’s latest major stimulus action, known as QE3, is likely to have less effect on the housing market than Fed Chairman Ben Bernake would hope.
QE3, shorthand for the third “quantitative… Continue reading
My Thoughts on the Presidential Election or How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Cured My Interest in Politics
I must be the most ill-informed political blogger there is out there right now, at least when it comes to current events. Oh how things change… where I once had my finger on the pulse of the political zeitgeist, here… Continue reading
Presidential Debate from a European Perspective
The letter from the German authorities caught my attention. Mostly because it was asking for a bunch of money, but also because of what was going on back home in the U.S.
The letter was to inform me that, because… Continue reading
Creepy Democratic National Convention Video: “The Government is the Only Thing We All Belong To”
…The government is your friend, like your government, it’s here to help you, we all belong to it, it owns us, but is friendly so don’t worry.
I always find it funny when Democrats make fun of Republicans for being… Continue reading
Media Matters Criticizes Me (sort of) and Unknowingly Makes a Major Concession in the Process
So Media Matters, a truly unbiased organization if there ever was one, ran an article criticizing conservatives for denying the alleged wage gap between men and women. The article particularly criticized Alex Castellanos, who got into a bit of… Continue reading
John Stossel Sums Up Corporate Welfare
It is, in one word: bad. Another great video from LibertyPen:
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France Has A Lot of 49 Employee Companies
Back sometime ago I noted a publication by the U.S. Small Business Association which stated that annual cost of regulation in the United States was a whopping $1.75 trillion dollars!
Even to me that seems high, but this is… Continue reading
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