Category Archives: Politics and Economics

“The Middle of the World”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Alain Tanner’s “The Middle of the World,” released in 1974, is a movie about cultures clashing in the most subtle of ways. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say it’s about cultures slipping past each other in the … Continue reading →

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Hashing, Blockchains, Cryptography and Bitcoin

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: What a zippy headline! Rolls off the tongue like honey. But a lot of people will be saying those words in the coming years, as Bitcoin is now poised to launch into the mainstream, to go … Continue reading →

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Nonexistent Trend Du Jour

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Philadelphia.

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Master and Servant, Oligarch and Serf: The New Feudalism is Here

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: In the irony of ironies, the very people who decried the pin-striped Wall Street banker and industrial captain are now in the driver’s seat. And the yawning chasm between the middle class and the power centers of the … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: “Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods … Continue reading →

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Knockout Game Roundup

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Last week The New York Times ran a story on “knockout game.” As Chuck Ross at Gucci Little Piggy pointed out, the piece cleverly shifted focus away from the effects of the punching attacks onto a debate about … Continue reading →

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Anyone Really Still Give a Shit What These Guys Think?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is a modified version of the December 2013 cover of Wired that I pulled from the magazine’s website: Do these guys still sell magazines? Are people clamoring to hear what they have to say? Hey, I’m … Continue reading →

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Another Kind of Diversity

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The left’s ideological blinders have caused it to miss the obvious: that there can be such a thing as “too much” diversity.  Should it really be all that shocking that high levels of difference can result in a … Continue reading →

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Diversity Update

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: We here at UR enjoy tracking and marveling at the phenomenon of Diversity. What an overwhelming spectacle it has become, and what a lot of cultural and political energy it has attracted and absorbed. How to account … Continue reading →

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“In its death throes, the mega state is gonna make a lot of mess.”

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes shares . . . an interview with Louis Rossetto, co-founder of Wired magazine, by Reason‘s Nick Gillespie. Starts with predictions Rossetto made in the 1990s about the impact of Internet technology and then moves to what’s happened since, … Continue reading →

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