Category Archives: Politics and Economics

The Constitution is SO 200 Years Ago, You Guys

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Georgetown University law professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the forthcoming book On Constitutional Disobedience, recently had an op-ed in the NYT titled “Let’s Give Up the Constitution” that’s so egregiously stupid and poorly argued that I feel a … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer interviewed: Part One, Part Two. Is there a widely-read writer in the U.S. who is less acknowledged than Steve? How is money made? The Harvard Business Review thinks that these days it’s bloggers who are shaping … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: JayMan attempts an answer to this question: How much do inbreeding and outbreeding have to do with a society’s cohesiveness? Some bliss of recent vintage for Roger Federer fans. How does he make some of those shots? … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A quick, informative look at the latest from James C. Scott, a very interesting anthropologist-historian. Camille Paglia dissects Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. John Derbyshire celebrates the “Dark Enlightenment.” It’s a great reading list, though I’d have … Continue reading →

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Whazza Conservative?

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As the geneticist/journalist Matt Ridley begins his review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s new book Antifragile: You don’t need a physics degree to ride a bicycle. Nor, Nassim Nicholas Taleb realized one day, do traders need to understand the mathematical … Continue reading →

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Animal Hoarding and Disability

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working my way through an Animal Planet “animal hoarders” show on the tube. (Actually on Netflix Instant — haven’t had a cable subscription in years. Why bother with one? The … Continue reading →

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Did you REALLY think Greece was on the road to recovery?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Well, more fool you.

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“Life Without Principle”

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Johnnie To’s latest, entitled “Life Without Principle,” combines the financial-and-business-sector setting of his last film, the romantic comedy “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” with his customary gangster milieu. It’s organized around the Greek debt crisis, which … Continue reading →

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Fact Du Jour

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “Between 1950 and 1953, New York City spent $143 million on schools, $4 million on libraries, $70 million on hospitals, and $172 million on highways … Other cities went further.” I found the quote in this new book.

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A return of the term “financial repression”

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: A return of the term “financial repression”. As we head down the path blazed by Argentina, we need to understand the concept of “financial repression”.  It was a term used years ago to describe the downward spiraling economies … Continue reading →

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