Conservatism reborn in twisted sisterhood
at Reason; links aplenty: By now you should recognize the formula: 1) Natural disaster (tornado, hurricane, flood, earthquake, fire, snowstorm, heavy rainstorm, volcano) kills multiple people. 2) President (Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I) vows to survivors that the federal government will “be with you every step of the way“ in the rebuilding process. more
in AmCon, for those who would like a vivacious little primer on the Profumo affair: Shortly before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1962, a 36-year-old Soviet naval captain, gourmand, and priapic man-about-town named Yevgeni Ivanov entered a low-lit restaurant in London’s fashionable South Kensington. Although dressed in the standard boxy dark suit and gabardine [...]
Progress in history! Over the last few years, I’ve watched as teens have given up on controlling access to content. It’s too hard, too frustrating, and technology simply can’t fix the power issues. Instead, what they’ve been doing is focusing on controlling access to meaning. A comment might look like it means one thing, when [...]
at Reason: …Bovard sketches how “President Franklin Roosevelt used the IRS to harass newspaper publishers who were opposed to the New Deal” and “Kennedy … used the IRS to strong-arm companies into complying with “voluntary” price controls. Steel executives who defied the administration were singled out for audits.” He points out that the “IRS was [...]
at Forbes: We’re all talking about the “jobs of the future” and “winning the future” and transitioning to a “knowledge economy.” Since predictions are hard, especially about the future, it’s a good idea to look at some data. And it looks like we have some of it…. more (and see also: “Avg student loan debt [...]
…and journalists! Via Leah Libresco, the Dictionary of Numbers: It searches the text in your browser for quantities it understands and inserts contextual statements in brackets. It might turn the phrase “315 million people” into “315 million people [≈ the population of the United States]“. As Glen explains, he once read an article about US [...]
Hi all! What are the best novels you’ve read about friendship? And have you read any great novels about charity or service to those in need? These don’t need to be “positive” books–in fact, I’m maybe even more interested in books which explore the problems and dilemmas of these forms of love, while still treating [...]
blogs: The true ideological inclinations of the Obama White House can be endlessly debated, but slightly more than halfway through this presidency I think it’s fair to make the following generalization: Obama has governed as a business-friendly social democrat and an aggressive social liberal, as a hawkish interventionist when intervention seems cheap and easy (drones, [...]
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