Archive for August, 2004
Aug24th2004
The issue here, as I have heard it raised, is was he present and active on duty in Alabama at the times he was supposed to be. . . . Just because you get an honorable discharge does not in fact answer that question.—-John Kerry, questioning President Bush’s military-service record, February 8, 2004.
So begins an […]
Aug24th2004
I am planning a trip to Chicago in November and in the process of getting good deals on the internet I stumbled across a few unconventional travel websites that I found to be very useful. They give good deals compared to the conventional ones everybody knows about(Orbitz, Travelocity, etc). These are the ones I […]
Aug23rd2004
Soldier In Iraq Gives His Perspective On The War
Published by in Foreign Policy and General. 0 CommentsThe New York Times has a good article by a soldier in Iraq giving you his perspective of the war. A worth while read.
Aug23rd2004
American Public Supports School Vouchers
Published by in Education, General and Vouchers. 0 CommentsThe Friedman Foundation, run by the Friedmans with Milton Friendman winning the Nobel Prize in Economics, sponsored the survey.
The survey also shows how radically different the answers will be depending on how you ask the question.
Aug23rd2004
This is what motivates the swift boat vets,
What seems to offend the Swifties, as well as other Vietnam veterans, is that after having made his political debut as an anti-Vietnam War activist, Kerry is now playing the hero, pointing to his Vietnam service as the reason he should be president, and campaigning with his “band […]
Aug22nd2004
The Boston Globe has a very good article in defense of ‘price gouging’.
Update: More on Price Gouging.
Update-9/7/04: I found several other articles on ‘price gouging’.
Update-9/16/04: Even more on price gouging.
Update-3/8/05: The eclectic econoclast has more.
Update: Angry Economist has more.
Update: Mises has more and more.
Update: More here, here, here and here.
Update: More here, […]
Aug22nd2004
In the same fashion Castro used Carter, the Wall Street Journal(free subscription) writes.
Update: Carter responds to these charges.
Aug20th2004
Alex Tabarrok , Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, gives a (supposedly)simple economics test over at Marginal Revolution, one that he is giving to his students, he writes,
There is in the law what is called “a nonwaivable warranty of habitability,” which is a fancy way of saying that a dwelling must have certain […]
Aug20th2004
For those that haven’t seen the new ads against Kerry by Vietnam vets, here is the latest one.
Update: Deans World has a good blog tracking the Democrats reaction to the Vietnam vets. He writes,
You can smell the fear in the Kerry camp: a huge collection of John Kerry’s band of brothers hates his guts, […]
Aug20th2004
…wait to see what happens if Kerry gets elected.
Kevin Hassett, the chief economic adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during the 2000 presidential campaign, writes that “Kerry’s proposals will add up to between $2 trillion and $2.1 trillion over the next ten years”. Yes, that is trillions, not billions!! Ouch! A must read article.
Aug20th2004
Eric Engen has an interesting article explaining how the markets react inversely to the Kerry Presidency. The article states,
The accompanying chart plots the trading price of futures contracts for Sen. Kerry’s share of votes along with the value of the S&P 500 composite index since March 3, the day after the Super Tuesday primaries. When […]
Aug20th2004
Communism Takes Another Victim
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 0 CommentsChávez wins Venezuela’s Presidential race. The Economist (Paid Subscription) reports,
Furthermore, the president has remained popular among Venezuela’s poorest, despite the way his policies have impoverished the country. Since he was first elected six years ago, Venezuelans’ average income has fallen by around a quarter. The recent surge in oil prices has showered the government in […]
Aug19th2004
One would think that it is impossible for a school to perform worse than our public schools. However, the New York Times reports that charter schools are actually performing worse. Could that be true?
Remember what they say, always trust your initial instincts. And this is no exception. The Wall Street Journal has an article(free […]
Aug19th2004
“Remember that opposition to torture in Brazil does not become a religious moral position just because that opposition is now being led by the Catholic Bishops” - Dr. Baruch Brody, Rice University bioethicist and philosophy professor(1978)
One of my pet peeves in abortion discussions is for someone to refer to abortion as a ‘religious issue’ as […]
Aug18th2004
My Dialogue with A Political Science Professor
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Books and General. 4 CommentsAbout a week and a half ago I was at a friend’s wedding in Burbank California. This friend, and his family, have known me for almost ten years now. They know that I am very interested in politics and that I have strong opinions on the subject. Because of this, as soon as […]
