Category Archives: in the news
a poem to dispell the hatred
Joel Watts has written a post condoning hatred of BP. And although I think he’s substantially right on details, except that the post should probably be renamed “Another Reason to Hate the British Government and their Friends at BP,” I won’t argue the ideological implications of the spill here. Instead, I will simply try to [...]
in the news
The US government is finally allowing some foreigners to participate in cleaning up the oil spill. That’s good, but they should have done that 70 days ago, and 18 countries and organizations organizations have still been rejected. Hopefully soon there’ll be word on why. Venezuela is looting nationalizing 11 oil rigs owned by Americans. Naturally, [...]
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supreme court voids labor board decisions — good, but only a band-aid
It is immoral for government to stand between a willing employer and a willing employee by dictating the terms of employment. It is likewise immoral for government to compel employers to keep employees who are refusing to show up for work, that is, striking. And it is a denial of basic freedoms of political behavior [...]
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jesus statue struck by lightning; paraphrase of luke 13:3-4
When I heard that Touchdown Jesus had been struck by lightning, I thought to myself, “I shall share this with the biblioblogging world.” However, it appears that the wily prophet Joel has beaten me to the punch, and is using this as an illustration of God’s judgment on Ohio for not being as scenic as [...]
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on google snooping and the march of the regulators
It was recently uncovered that Google vans captured information about what websites people were visiting. It’s an embarrassing blunder for Google, which claims the information was accidentally gathered by “experimental software” and wasn’t actually used in any way. Although I have my doubts about Google’s public statement, I’m not worried, nor am I at all [...]
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on the cia-ordered death of awlaki
So there’s this guy named Awlaki, who is an American citizen living in Yemen. The CIA has decided to kill him. We’re told that he’s said some nasty things about the US, and has inspired some people to violence. Perhaps he’s even making evil plans. But I was sort of under the impression the US [...]
at last: ten-year stagnation of the dow
I’ve heard people talk about the stock market and try to sound reassuring: “Well, the stock market goes up and it goes down, and it’s unpredictable, but if you take any ten-year period, it’s gone up.” Well, not any more. The DOW is finally no higher than it was ten years ago. This just a [...]
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