Giving back

From time to time I like to use this space to evangelize understanding of economics -- because the average person's understanding of economics is woefully inaccurate, they are easily swayed by political arguments that actually don't make any sense.

Walter Williams is better at explaining economics than anyone I've ever seen, even though you might get angry when he's contradicting your preconceived notions. This is an excellent explanation of how money works and why some people have more than others.

Sunflowers

Sunflowers are living it up at night too. This is from summer 2005.

Linspire CEO Removed After His Letters Posted To Western Syndicate

After we posted letters from Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony about Oracle support and Linux philosophy, he seems to be out of his job at Linspire. Coincidence?

While we're on the Nazi thing

In case you were wondering what music Hitler listened to after a particularly stressful day in the office: Hitler's Record Collection Surfaces in Moscow

Not that! Anything but that!

"Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules - an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband."

Ban on Politics is over

I've added the banner for the Ron Paul meetup group on the right side -- you should check it out, and join your local version of it if you're in the US and you're interested. There are groups all over the country.

How the Germans Conquered World Travel

Here are some interesting tourist brochures from the Nazi era. As the article says, "Nazis, of course, didn't think of themselves as monsters." (Spiegel Online)

Maybe I will start a Quote of the Day series

"You lose your awe of government fast living in the Washington, D.C. area. Like when the guy in your neighborhood who is supposed to anticipate Bin Laden's next move backs into his neighbor's car, across the street, two days in a row."

John J. Simmins | 08.03.07 - 1:17 pm |

Favorite quote of the day

This article contains my favorite quote of the day, or probably the week. From Megan at Asymmetrical Information:

But I did not laugh. I was raised to laugh at people behind their backs. It's called "manners".

George Bush is bad. Tee hee hee.

Google Ads has decided to advertise "humorous anti-Bush stuff" on this site. OK. You know all that ranting I do about George Bush...