Category: Aggregated

All sorts of officials accuse Russia of aggression in Ukraine. Is this true? It is not. It is fiction. It is a big lie. It is a specious claim, an absurd claim, a ridiculous claim, an unreal claim. Russia and Russians have been involved in certain respects in Ukraine, but by no sensible stretch of the imagination can such involvements be termed aggression. If there were an actual war aggression, it could not be hidden because the scope of a typical war aggression is very large. The photographic evidence for it would be overwhelming. No such evidence has been provided … Continue reading →

As the European Coal and Steel Community of Jean Monnet evolved into the EU, we were told a “United States of Europe” was at hand, modeled on the USA. And other countries and continents will inevitably follow Europe’s example. There will be a North American Union of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and a Latin America Union of the Mercosur trade partnership. In an essay, “The E.U. Experiment Has Failed,” Bruce Thornton of Hoover Institution makes the case that the verdict is in, the dream is dead, the EU is unraveling, One Europe is finished. Consider, first, economics. In 2013, … Continue reading →

Be proud, America! You have the very best Congress that money can buy. It’s no secret that many in the House and Senate have long been  corrupted by money and special interests. The constant need to advertise on TV makes all politicians slaves of the money lenders and other big donors. The great Mark Twain called Congress “America’s only native criminal class.” Nothing much has changed. Members of Congress are held in even lower public esteem than murderers, lawyers and…journalists. It’s often cheaper to buy a legislator than a second-hand car. One of the biggest outrages has been the way … Continue reading →

The car business has become like the computer business – things change fast. Models change – radically – every four years (and sometimes everythree) rather than once every eight (or ten) as they used to back in the ’90s and before. Features undreamed of or found heretofore only in very expensive/exotic cars are now as common as floor mats. What else has changed? And what else should you “hip” yourself to? Here are a few to chew on: * For the first time ever, it may make more sense to lease – that is, to rent – rather than to buy. Part … Continue reading →

“So, what is the answer or is there no workable solution?” Random (but rational) thoughts on “a workable solution” in response to Nelson Hultberg’s editorial “Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard: The Verdict After Fifty Years” “Have Rand and Rothbard given us an undergirding philosophy of rationality upon which to fight for freedom? Or have we launched a freedom movement upon a ship resplendent in sail, but possessed of a leaky hull and faulty tiller? Are our basic premises rational and irrefutable?” Yes, No and Yes. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Mr. Hultberg’s piece is the notable paucity of facts which  inconveniently … Continue reading →

Greater diversity undermines oligopoly control, and liberals have based everything on oligopoly. Central banking is based on oligopoly. Entertainment is based on oligopoly. The news industry is based on oligopoly. The political structure is based on oligopoly. Now, because Internet bandwidth keeps getting cheaper, the oligopoly model is collapsing. Only in politics and education is the linear model still dominant. But it is clear that it is going to die in education. The Khan Academy is the wave of the future. So is the Ron Paul Curriculum. The bankruptcy of two private colleges last week is the canary in the … Continue reading →

Happy π Day! Tomorrow is March 14, or, as it’s written in the U.S., 3/14. That makes it Pi Day, because the mathematical constant π is roughly equal to 3.14. Nerds celebrate this date every year, because, well, we’re nerds. Duh. But this year’s π Day is special: It’s the year 2015, so the date is 3/14/15, giving us two more decimal places of the famous constant. In fact, if you celebrate it at 9:26:53 today, you get π to nine decimals: 3.141592653. Since the next digit is a 5, you can even round up and celebrate π Day for … Continue reading →