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Like so many other “official” social and governmental institutions that were birthed during the Progressive Era a century ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation – better known as the FBI – has been held up as a model of governmental professionalism. The G-Men, as they were called, were to be the cream of the crop of professional and “scientific” lawmen, incorruptible, diligent, and generally correct about everything. Progressives believed that all of American life needed to fall under central governmental control, and law enforcement should be no exception. Journalists touted the “professional” lawmen of the FBI, contrasting them with the … Continue reading →

Pay attention. In recent months, the U.S. stock market has gone nowhere: up, down, up, down. No pattern. Yesterday, the world’s stock markets tanked. No warning. Wham! No single central bank is responsible. No single central bank can goose the world’s stock markets. No coordinated policy is likely . . . yet. There is no sell-off panic . . . yet. This was “a warning shot fired across the bow.” This has the look of a market top. One day’s stick market action rarely calls attention to itself. This one is not comparable to the 22% worldwide one-day collapse in … Continue reading →

#1. The capital city is basically a ruin. energy.sgpco.com Tehran’s skyline is truly mediocre. #2. Everyone lives in a mud shack. homesoftherich The Tabatabaei house in Kashan is a pretty miserable place to while away your days. #3. The villages are pretty much what you’d find anywhere else. Amos Chapple If Palangan village, on the border with Iraq, looks mildly impressive, it’s just because of the lighting. Nothing to do with the near-vertical positioning of the houses.  #4. The architecture is plain and lackluster. ravenectar.com Why would anyone want to visit the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz? #5. Meh. facebook.com/Iran.Architecture Oh Shiraz, is this the … Continue reading →

Chancellor George Osborne is facing a £30 billion black hole in his budgetary plans if he is to honor the Conservative Party’s general election pledges and still meet the party’s deficit-slashing targets by 2020, the […]

Imagine being emotionally blackmailed by your doctor to have your baby vaccinated with a lethal cocktail of 13 vaccines, which included two doses of the DTaP, three doses of the oral rotavirus vaccine and two […]