You don’t want fries with that.
By Stelios Congratulations to Michelle Obama for another success in her campaign to browbeat private business into complying with her vision of what our children should eat. These stories always make me cringe on a number of levels, including: (1) As a believer in limited government and as-unlimited-as-possible liberty and freedom …
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The difference between Europe and the USA
By Mortimer Duke Given the huge dislocation in Europe lead by massive over-indebtedness, we should take a step back and try to understand why the US is different and what the market implications of those differences are. The Eurozone was a bold attempt at fiscal and monetary union which the …
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America’s “Cellphone Safety Net”
By Stelios Ever been at the DMV or the courthouse, or some other place where you get to interact with a true cross section of the local community, and wonder why it seems like everyone — regardless of their apparent socioeconomic status — seems to have a cellphone? Could …
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“Bi-partisan” civility breakdown!
The MSM is currently noting that “both parties” are engaging in name calling and nasty behavior, just a few months after the post-Giffords calls for greater civility. Here’s one writer’s summary of the “bipartisan” nastiness: – Vice President Joe Biden, during a private meeting with Democratic House members, reportedly said …
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Promiscuous Inflation
by Mortimer Duke (June 2011) Most people are surprised to hear that the word promiscuous has no sexual connotation on its own. The word means “indiscriminate”, but through the repeated use of the term “sexually promiscuous”, the word promiscuous itself seemed to morph into the previous paired term and …
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