The man we all loved to hate. With friends like this... and all that... His animosity for Objectivism was clear enough. We here learned to look at metaphysical differences between the conservatives and ourselves: religion cannot justify capitalism. Merely "conserving" was not enough: conserving what? blank out... ...(Read more...)
Think the iPhone is pricey? The cool cell phone of 1988 cost $4,382 in today's dollars. A 150MB hard drive? $8,755. Take a trip with us down memory lane and you'll never whine about the price of a gadget again.(Read more...)
The first entry in an upcoming series of economic solutions for world problems, brought to you by the Copenhagen Consensus Center headed by Bjorn Lomborg (author of Skeptical Environmentalist).(Read more...)
Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, the Vatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times. After releasing the new list," the Pope offered these uplifting sentiments: “Those who trust in themselves and in their own merits are, as it were, blinded by the...(Read more...)
Just saying something's bad doesn't implicate anyone as at fault. I wasn't up in a roar about it being bad in Iraq (some of that is to be expected); but I found this part disturbing: "Increasingly, Iraqis are relying on militias and other armed groups to fill the services void. Stories abound of neighborhood mi...(Read more...)
In September, the U.S. Geological Survey predicted that two-thirds of the world's polar bear population would likely be extinct by 2050, including all polar bears within the United States. Several leading scientists now predict the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer by 2012.(Read more...)
Ultimate Insult of Intelligence: When presidential votes don't count for anything (because there's no candidate promoting Individualism against Statism in this otherwise-great country), then lull U.S. voters into thinking that their votes are still useful, by playing a "Sports Fans" game with their votes -- by frus...(Read more...)
