Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Diversity Musings

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: In case you were in any doubt about what our state religion now is: A too-big-to-fail bank has just ordered me, a random ATM user, to “unite behind diversity.” If I’ve got this right, I’m not being … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: The Soviet erotic alphabet. Great to see that the smart and cantankerous Will S. is blogging again. More on Bitcoin. The alternative-currency meme has really become something. Joys of multiculturalism, cont. And more. The things some people … Continue reading →

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Cracks in the Swedish Social Model

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

epiminondas writes: Race riots in Sweden?  It would appear that the vaunted socialism of every leftist’s favorite socialist state is breaking down along racial lines.  How many remember the stern rebukes of Swedish commentators on America’s racial issues and later … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: So Yahoo! bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Like many Tumblr users, my main hope is that Yahoo! won’t ruin the service, i.e. let us keep all of our filthy and disgusting porn. But really, Yahoo! has no … Continue reading →

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The Downton Abbey Syndrome…In a Bad Sense

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

epiminondas writes: A new aristocracy is busy cementing its agenda into place.  At the expense of free men and free markets.

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Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Should all Americans be given a basic monthly income? Con artist of the year. “I’m 40 years old going on 65,” says an ex-lineman. “God knows what I’ll feel like when I’m actually 65 years old.” Why … Continue reading →

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Egalitarianism Question

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Shouldn’t the anti-stereotyping crowd be more worked-up than they are about the habit bookstores have of segregating some magazines into “Men’s Interest” and “Women’s Interest” sections? Isn’t it unfair to make — no, to impose — the … Continue reading →

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Real Men Don’t Like Marxism

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

epiminondas writes: I lift weights. So sue me.

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Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I got a kick out of this Steve Sailer piece on the Niall Ferguson-John Maynard Keynes controversy. Hoping to eventually pick up this new release from TASCHEN. I love TASCHEN. I just wish I wasn’t too much of … Continue reading →

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Should Tea Party Organizations Be Tax-Exempt?

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Fenster writes: I don’t doubt too much that the IRS’s special treatment of Tea Party organizations had political motivations, ideological if not partisan.  And that’s bad, bad bad let’s all agree. And maybe Ross Douthat is right that the story is … Continue reading →

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