October, 2011

Deck The Halls With — Rabindranath Tagore?+

A poet at age 8, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner in 1913, writer of novels,…

Read More+ 571 days ago

Losing Interest+

I guess I come from another era, but it seems to me that instead of charging fees for services…

Read More+ 572 days ago

Panic On Park Avenue. OWS vs. Citibank Horror Shocks Shoppers+

  Sometimes something doesn’t mean anything until it comes right to your…

Read More+ 573 days ago

Congressional Budget Office Weighs in on Income Inequality+

Not sure a whole lot needs to be said here. Conveniently for the rhetoric of the Occupy…

Read More+ 575 days ago

Huffington and Puffington+

The Huffington Post’s coverage of the Republican primary race does no favors…

Read More+ 576 days ago

Global Warming: The Butler Adams Did It+

Mr. Adams has posted a late recap by the BBC of some work done by Dr. Richard Muller,...

Read More+ 576 days ago

Still Warming+

A group of scientists has analyzed temperature data using a new method and confirmed…

Read More+ 580 days ago

The Rich Are Different+

The problem with the rich is that they don’t think they’re rich. Commentators…

Read More+ 581 days ago

Just Who Are The 1%? The 10%? You’d be surprised.+

(Courtesy of our Facebook friend Rushe):  According to a handy income calculator…

Read More+ 582 days ago

One Potato, Two Potato, No Potato+

A U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to limit the amount of starchy vegetables…

Read More+ 582 days ago

Climate science is settled. Sort of like Jonestown was.+

If your idea of fun is watching somebody play whack-a-Gore, this ought to light you up. …

Read More+ 583 days ago

Beauty at Salon: You won’t #&^%*@ believe this one.+

In line with our previous post, we are pleased to offer an agenda — “A Proposed…

Read More+ 583 days ago

Occupy Wall Street: Not What People Think+

It’s remarkable how many so-called pundits have talked or written about the…

Read More+ 583 days ago

Words To Win By: The Politician’s Creed+

From the late Bill Graham, legendary rock impresario (Fillmore, Fillmore West, etc.),…

Read More+ 585 days ago

Screw the unemployed. What we need is more “art funding.”+

  Courtesy of The Other McCain via Bill Quick: This fellow wants your tax money.…

Read More+ 585 days ago

Children: Political Pawns of 2011+

I’m getting pretty sick of politicians and activists getting in cheap shots…

Read More+ 587 days ago

Occupy Wall Street Speaks Its Minds+

Surely Occupy Wall Street isn’t the only thing we could be talking about this…

Read More+ 587 days ago

Occupy Wall Street and The Law of unexpected consequences+

Submitted to our readers without comment (click and read the whole thing).  I wish…

Read More+ 589 days ago