Posted in Politics, tagged British politics, Daniel Hannan on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This video is epic:
So what’s up with British politics? Is this sort of open rebuke par for the course, or is this dude just exceptionally bold? Is it just me, or would our system benefit greatly from this sort of no-holds barred, face to face smackdown on occasion? It seems that [...]
Posted in Culture, Economics, International, Politics, tagged capitalism, communism, David Beim, economy, free markets, GDP, Great Depression, household debt, Mirek Topolánek, poverty, President Obama, recession, standard of living, United States on March 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What a sad couple of weeks it has been here at Criticism As Inspiration. I offer a sincere apology to all readers who visited our blog numerous times in the past couple of weeks, each time disappointed with our lack of posts. But here’s a conversation starter…
Mirek Topolánek is currently serving as the prime minister [...]
Posted in Sports, tagged college basketball, college football, college sports, donors, NCAA, pay student-athletes, scandal on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every fall during college football championship games, and every spring during college basketball “madness” a discussion comes up about how much money colleges make from these sports, and how there is no doubt that this is business not athletics. Some numbers for you: CBS paid $6 billion to the NCAA for the tv rights to [...]
Posted in Belief, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Miscellany, Technology, tagged legalize, The Economist, War on Drugs on March 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
End The War On Drugs?
Last weeks issue of The Economist had a series on the global drug war and the cost/benefits of ending the prohibition of drugs. Their conclusion, and one that they have held since 1988, is that “the least bad policy is to legalize drugs”. Take a look at the article and see [...]
Posted in Culture, Politics, tagged conservative, equality, freedom, liberal, moderate, Thomas Sowell on March 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So I just wrapped up reading A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell. The book traces political disagreements back to two competing visions, one the unconstrained vision and the other constrained. In brief, the unconstrained vision has a higher view of the potential of man, and looks to the best and brightest of men to [...]
Posted in Culture, Miscellany, tagged 30 Rock, comedies, Jack Donaghy, Jim Halpert, Liz Lemon, Michael Scott, NBC, Seinfeld, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, television, The Office on March 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have made an observation in my life that I wish to share with you. Somewhere in the last 2 television seasons 30 Rock has become much funnier than The Office. There it is. Drink it in and prepare your rebuttal.
I was a latecomer to the U.S. version of The Office (which [...]
Posted in Culture, tagged Chris Brown, Rihanna on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have no idea why Rihanna and Chris Brown are “famous,” but I guess they are good singers. Anyway, it has been impossible to avoid (and if you have, congratulations) the story of him beating her up and how she anxiously got back together with him (follow this thread to follow the saga). So, not [...]
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