Archive for May, 2005
May31st2005
“Avoiding long-term poverty is not rocket science. First, graduate from high school. Second, get married before you have children, and stay married. Third, work at any kind of job, even one that starts out paying the minimum wage. And, finally, avoid engaging in criminal behavior”. –Walter Williams, professor of economics
May30th2005
It’s because of Americans like this:
Italian restaurant may sue after Clinton fails to honour booking
JEREMY CHARLES
IN ROME
WHEN the owner of one of Rome’s most fashionable restaurants received a booking from Bill Clinton and his entourage, he was happy to clear the tables and order in his best food and wine.
But Romeo Caraccio was left […]
May30th2005
“And who knows? If Democrats can’t succeed any longer in legislating through the courts, maybe they’ll even return to trying to win power the old-fashioned way, through elections”. –Wall Street Journal
May29th2005
Karl’s New Manifesto
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Communism, Economics and General. 1 CommentNew York Times conservative columnist David Brooks gives us the new and revised Manifesto:
Karl’s New Manifesto
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: May 29, 2005
I was in the library reading room when suddenly a strange specter of a man appeared above me. He was a ragged fellow with a bushy beard, dressed in the clothes of another century. […]
May29th2005
“To venture into the Arab world, as I did recently over four weeks in Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, is to travel into Bush Country. I was to encounter people from practically all Arab lands, to listen in on a great debate about the possibility of freedom and liberty. I met Lebanese giddy with the […]
May28th2005
An old post from New York Times conservative columnist David Brooks that is worth saving,
More Than Money
By DAVID BROOKS (NYT) 744 words
Published: March 2, 2004
If the polls are to be believed, this could be the last day of John Edwards’s presidential campaign. But before we bid him adieu, it’s time for one last ladling of […]
May28th2005
“I think at the end of the day Iraq will succeed and stand on its own two feet and be independent and completely capable. . . The Iraqis have matured over the past several months and they believe that they have to make Iraq for Iraqis. I think that the turning point was the elections […]
May27th2005
Hello All,
I have a final coming up on June 8th and I am leaving to Mexico to visit family on June 11th, staying for two weeks and returning on June 26th; because of these two upcoming deadlines I have a lot on my plate. I need to get everything ready at work in anticipation of […]
May27th2005
“Once you have ever had to go hungry, it is hard to get worked up over the fact that some people can only afford pizza while others can afford caviar. Once you have ever had to walk to work from Harlem to a factory south of the Brooklyn Bridge, the difference between driving a Honda […]
May26th2005
As a person who considers Pizza his favorite food, this simple example used to explain basic economics particularly appealed to me.
For me, nothing - nothing - in recent years has confirmed my faith in the wonders of markets and competition more than one humble little sector of our economy: the pizza industry.
I’m a pizza […]
May26th2005
“At its heart, the muddle over social security reflects the muddle over other, basic questions, such as “should people save for themselves or should the government save for them”, “should the government take money from rich people and give it to the poor or not? If they should, how much?”. As social security stands, it […]
May25th2005
It is my pet peeve when people equate gay marriage to civil rights. To say that people against homosexual marriage, or homosexuals in general, are modern day racists is to miss a fundamental error of racism and to ignore that difference is to lower the significance of the evils of racism and sexism.
There is […]
