Let’s Cut the Crap about Japan’s Lost Decade
"...we tend to use very narrow metrics to determine a nation’s economic success: “Americans are the only ones who seem to think they need three...
Author : Angry Bear
Fareed Zakaria on Social Security, Fareed Hearts Pete Peterson, Disses your mom
by Dale Coberly Fareed Zakaria on Social Security Fareed Hearts Pete Peterson Disses your mom Fareed Zakaria wrote an essay for Time, The Baby Boom...
Bring your gun to work 2005
NRA campaigns to bring a gun to work should be remembered: Actually, the NRA's power has been waning since at least 2005 when it declared...
Guns and Gun Deaths, State by State
The other day I looked at number of guns versus number of gun deaths by country, in countries like ours that have pretty good rule...
Fantasy: “If only someone had a gun”. Reality: Lakewood Wash Nov 29, 2009
'Horror scene' as 4 Lakewood police officers shot, killed LAKEWOOD, Wash. - Four uniformed police officers were shot and killed in a bloody Sunday morning...
FOLLOW-UP to, “Do ‘Right to work’ Laws Violate the Constitution’s Contracts Clause?”
Last night, in a comment to my post from Tuesday, “Do‘Right to Work’ Laws Violate the Constitution Contracts Clause?”, reader PJR wrote: To a non-lawyer,...
Do ‘Right to Work’ Laws Violate the Constitution’s Article I Contracts Clause? [Updated]
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing...
Top-Ten Fastest Growing Occupations
From the BLS: The 30 occupations with the largest projected employment growth, 2010-20 Of the top ten, only teachers and nurses require a degree...and four...
David Warsh on Warren Buffet’s NYT Op Ed
David Warsh, a journalistist covering economics issues, takes a look at Warren Buffet's op ed at Economic Principals. The fiscal cliff negotiation is no better...
Water, human rights and government failure
by David Zetland Water, human rights and government failure I...rote a paper on a human right to...ater several years ago,* in...hich I made the point...