- Bad Plagiarism On Demand Dan Ariely paid four essay mills to test their quality. Even those unscrupulous enough to use them should get their money back.
- One More Reason to Loathe Republicans If we insist on dying as an empire, the least we can do is emulate Rome and grant our enterprising mercenaries full citizenship.
- RT @JohnFugelsang: The hardest thing about following the teachings of Jesus is having so many Christians call you a liberal socialist hippie
- Roger Ebert Tweet: Why Obama should take a closer look at "The Godfather."
- Sad Op-Ed from a while back:
OPINION | September 28, 2007 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Dismantling Detroit - Scrapping.
The New York Times had a story on brick theft in St. Louis yesterday. - Another
Plea for Progressive Consumption Taxes
Been reading this the past few days. ben stein says he's not rich. todd henderson says he's not rich. (actually both feel that their hard-earned money shouldn't go to the great unwashed.). brad delong's take on this is great. - The South has never admitted it lost the Civil War. CSA CSA!
- “Great (Egg) Men Change History” All the Salmonella? Infintely preventable!
- The
rich people aren't paying their fair share of the tax burden (based on
historical levels). Infrastructure maintenance has been put off for 50
years. Things have to be done. There have been stop-gap patches and fee
increases for everything. But the regular joe has been convinced that
his taxes are too high. And fights any kind of increase. Which plays
right into the hands of the people with the money. The big problem is
that wages have been flat for 30 years. Taxes are actually pretty low
historically. I don't think most people would notice a small tax
increase if their real income went up every year.Water systems are in
terrible shape. That would be a great stimulus target. (Along with
building railroads).
Hard times. - From Kung Fu Monkey via Krugman in the Times: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. [Ed. note: I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 16, and briefly became a libertarian. I got over it]
- Ebert Tweet:Tanning Secrets of Great Republicans
- Item 6. TV time should be free for the national candidates
(limited to a set amount). He is correct that the enormous sums that
are necessary for TV easily lead to corruption. Of course in Alaska we
can help the democratic candidate Scott McAdams for a mere pittance
compared to most metro area costs
OPINION | September 26, 2010
Op-Ed Contributor: When Kennedy Met Nixon: The Real Story
By TED SORENSEN
What really happened when the two candidates for president confronted each other in America's first televised political debate. - OP-ED COLUMNIST: Their Moon Shot and Ours
The United States needs to be in a race with China, not just Al Qaeda. Let’s start with electric cars.
Dan O Rama