Perhaps it is disrespectful to make fun of the dead, however a short notice in yesterday's 'The Australian' newspaper raised a chuckle.
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"A cheap laptop boasting wireless network access and a hand-crank to provide electricity is expected ... to help extend technology to school-aged children worldwide.
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This news story caught my eye for a couple of reasons. I think I recall recent comment about "bloggers" with some people saying they were basically useless (ok, I'm paraphrasing). Also because in the past we have had some exciting debate over copyrights and downloading music. And violation of privacy. Oh my.(Read more...)
Knight is the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, an informal network of people dedicated to phasing out the human race in the interest of the health of the Earth...(Read more...)
Here is an excellent article by Walter Williams explaining a simple set of economic facts that seem to escape all mainstream attention and understanding. It is quite amazing that among economic commentators on business news channels like CNBC that no one ever gives an explanation of inflation as being the result ...(Read more...)
"Senator Pete Domenici, Republican of New Mexico and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, was superb in the role of Wesley Mouch, Ayn Rand's petty-bureaucrat-turned-economic-czar in Atlas Shrugged.'' (Read more...)
Anyone with even a basic understanding of economics should have seen it coming: our leaders are threatening oil companies for making money off higher prices, writes William Anderson. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are being helpful. Democrats call for price controls or new taxes on oil company profits, both of which...(Read more...)
The author has the courage to defy political correctness. He makes some important points. I find his sock-it-to-'em writing style refreshing. (Read more...)
