The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. -- F.A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit An AP story by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar explains a glitch in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get … [Read more...] about Yet Another Reason Obamacare Is a Bad Idea
A Note To Potential Employers Who Stumble Across This Blog
I've had a few job interviews recently, and although the subject has never come up, it seems likely that, in this day and age, someone at one of these companies is probably going Google me, and the first thing they'll find is this blog. Uh-oh. So...If you found this blog because I applied for a job at your company or because someone at your company is thinking of hiring me as a … [Read more...] about A Note To Potential Employers Who Stumble Across This Blog
A Dumb Story About Pee
No here's a dumb story from Portland, Oregon: When an apparently drunk man peed in a Mount Tabor reservoir around 1:30am last night, he set off an unprecedented chain reaction. A security officer who had been watching the man and his four friends drinking from the reservoir guard tower alerted police, then called on the water bureau to take the reservoir offline. Using a … [Read more...] about A Dumb Story About Pee
In Which the TSA Picks on Someone Smarter Than They Are
Jonathan Turley links to yet another story of TSA idiocy: The family was going through security when two TSA agents singled Drew Mandy out for a special pat down. Drew is severely mentally disabled. He's 29, but his parents said he has the mental capacity of a two-year-old, which made the experience that followed at metro Detroit's McNamera Terminal that much harder to deal … [Read more...] about In Which the TSA Picks on Someone Smarter Than They Are
X-Men: First Class – Review
I saw X-Men: First Class on Saturday, and I know some other reviewers don't agree, but I thought it was the best superhero movie I've seen in a long time. I've not seen any of director Matthew Vaughn's other movies, but on the strength of this one, I think I'll have to. It's that good. It was well-written too, which is a bit of a surprise since there are six credited writers, … [Read more...] about X-Men: First Class – Review