Categories: society, culture
"Who Likes Dead Good Guys?"
April 21st, 2007"People who trample on the Second Amendment, that's who."
Wise words from Ted Nugent, in response to a really horrid gun control essay crapped out by Tom Plate after the VT massacre. I've already written one reaction to the incident, but in riposte t… more »
What 'Unemployment' Really Means These Days
January 6th, 2007The latest BLS employment situation report states 4.5% unemployment, and 167,000 jobs created in December.
Are you done doing backflips? Good (just kidding).
While anecdotally it is easy to see that there is indeed a shortage of "skilled" worker… more »
Violent Crime Means Recession Time
December 29th, 2006Please excuse the flip title, for this is a serious matter. I refer to the recent rise in crime and its violent subcategory. If you haven't heard about this or been unfortunate enough to experience some of it first hand (like the poor souls who have… more »
"Parisization" Of US Cities Proceeding Apace
December 10th, 2006My prediction of a "suburban poverty" halo in most major US cities is already being proven the correct call on demographic trends in the US: apparently now the suburban poor outnumber urban poor for the first time since such statistics were being kept in… more »
The Mexican Factor
October 29th, 2006Illegal immigration, largely from Mexico, provided a great "boost" to the economy in the past few years. It fueled construction and renovation in the housing boom, higher retail sales from all those additional people, and greater profit margins for bus… more »
Is Instapundit a Libertarian?
October 19th, 2006Having just made one of my increasingly-infrequent glances towards Instapundit (to whom I won't hyperlink, as he doesn't need any more attention), I was once again amused at the prospect of this guy calling himself a "libertarian".
To those unfamili… more »
Schneier On Our Dumb Reaction To Terrorism
September 15th, 2006Security expert and commentator Bruce Schneier lets it rip on how we combat and react to terrorism, which begins by misunderstanding its nature:
The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of… more »
Zeitgeist Fallacies
September 1st, 2006[This post combines and promotes a couple of earlier message posts of mine from this blog entry by Neal].
The following are fallacies I'd like to propose for recognition, most of which are inspired by arguments I've seen in the "public discourse" over… more »
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