I heard this story on the way home from Washington DC yesterday. What is unclear is whether the engine died because of actual failure or whether the engine was programmed to die because it reached a certain level of emissions...
Art Cashin the dean of the NYSE floor stopped short of saying that out and out manipulation was happening in Japanese after markets trading.
The entire Vermont delegation wants the pork which will come with the basing of the $400 billion dollar disaster, I mean weapons system. However, some Burlington residents, many who will be displaced by the afterburner blasts of the beast, would...
There is quite a lot of debate about Milton Friedman and his “libertarianess.” I think it was clear that in general he definitely was a libertarian. But though he was absolutely a champion of liberty on many levels, on perhaps...
Hollywood, the recording industry, and the cell phone companies are trying to hold technology back and in the process doing a disservice to the American consumer. Time to get with the times and accept that these industries must adapt or...
These guys truly believe that they are a special class. They are the Washington class, the privileged, the blessed, the powerful. Sure the #oldmedia probably deserves the protections of the 1st Amendement, Durbin grudgingly admits, but bloggers? C’mon.
I was never one for pro-wrestling. I have to admit that I have never found any entertainment in it. But I have heard of Kane. Mostly because he is an out of the closet libertarian. He writes regularly for The...
This is the type of stupidity which is dangerous. There’s nice stupidity, like one finds in a golden retriever. There’s benign stupidity like one often finds in J Crew salespeople. There’s annoying stupidity such as one finds at the DMV....
You have to respect just the blatant disregard for anything decent exhibited by Dianne Feinstein. Her in-your-face entitlement is breathtaking and yet at times oddly amusing. For instance check out this little gem from last year when she’s asked why...
The good news is the Royal Post is being privatized. The bad news is Goldman Sachs and UBS are handling the IPO so there’s probably some sketchiness in the deal somewhere. Still, I’ll bet the new mail company takes service...
If society criminalizes large parts of the economy, of human activity, it obviously creates criminals. But if laws are straightforward and widely recognized by a society as being grounded in common sense, criminals are few and the cost to taxpayers...
Can we give up this charade please?
Let’s get this right. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has close family members lobbying defense contractors? The very companies who would most like to get on the good side of the Chairman of the House Armed Services...
