Inside a wind turbine
Way high tech.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month March 2010
Sometimes the comments are better than the blog post
Comments on vagazzling blog post on Gawker “Looks like vampire herpes.” “This is one trend I Sworeoffski years ago. ” “Glittertwati.” “I think sex with a vajazzled woman would be grate! ” “That’s $50 in addition to the wax? Pfft.…
The Father of Capitalism did not believe in unrestrained capitalism
Adam Smith believed governments can and should intervene, that oversight is crucial, and excess political influence from economic power was dangerous. Of course, what we have now is hardly capitalism, but more like a kleptocracy where money gets siphoned to…
The Enthusiasm Gap
Robert Reich I had dinner the other night with a Democratic pollster who told me Dems are heading toward next fall’s mid-term elections with a serious enthusiasm gap: The Republican base is fired up. The Dem base is packing up.…
Marc Cooper: Superb coverage of Chile earthquake
L.A.-based journalist Marc Cooper was a translator for the Allende government, has been married to a Chilean woman for 36 years, has many relatives there, and obviously can fluently translate Spanish-language reports to English. He’s been going non-stop since the…