HAPPY NEW YEAR….
….from Cato and The Wizard to each of you Our sincere hope for Peace in our world in 2012 Love and Happiness To Us All … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Dark Humor From the EU
While we’re doing cartoons… … Continue reading
Ramirez
This won’t die. And it shouldn’t. How is it possible to be this detached from the “politics” of the nation, for self-regard to be this totally blinding, that one can say something like this? Out loud and in public, I mean. … Continue reading
Guest Post: Gary Schouborg II
I first introduced Gary Schouborg as “IC”, a handle he uses on another venue. If you missed that intro, see it here. CTE: David Brooks has been hawking a recent poll that shows that most people in every American socioeconomic … Continue reading
Guest Post: Gary Schouborg
I first introduced Gary Schouborg as “IC”, a handle he uses on another venue. If you missed that intro, see it here. CTE: In light of a liberal bias in psychological research, where the preponderance of articles comparing collectivist and … Continue reading
Japan’s 2012 Budget
If, out of an abundance of fairness of mind, you have been giving western government leaders and central bankers and all the wizened old heads who manage our global financial future the respectful benefit of the doubt in their handling of the sovereign … Continue reading
WSJ: Life In the EuroZone
This is exceptional, both as reporting and as commentary. This series of six short videos brings home as no political speech, no editorial opinion, no essay or rant ever could the reality of what it means to be stuck in … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!!!
From The Wizard and me to each and every one of you, thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Properous 2012. Christmas 1970 Christmas 1978 Christmas 1988 Christmas 2004 Christmas 2010 … Continue reading
State Of Embarrassment
The statistics in this essay, from the demographer Joel Kotkin, are unbelievable. Illinois lost population, in migration, to New York and California, while those two lost population every other state? Illinois: State Of Embarrassment This got me thinking about what … Continue reading
The Breakdown of 20th Century Politics
The ideological schisms, economic damage and political confusion and gridlock throughout the western democracies can only be called a broad and profound failure of 20th Century politics. The beneficial welfare state model of western liberal democracies that has dominated the … Continue reading