Lack Of Debate

A recurring topic that I have brought up on CAI before regards global warming (see here, and here) and the way that it is presented in the media and culture.  I most often feel that to even suggest a debate is looked upon as the same as holocaust denial.  It’s a frustrating and pointless response, [...]

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The Art Of Subtlety

I was reading an article in the Washington Post entitled, A First Lady Who Demands Substance, about Michelle Obama and how she is trying to craft a more important role for herself within the White House.  And while that premise alone is a bit disturbing (nobody elected Michelle Obama) it was a throw away phrase [...]

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Amazing

In other news that I cribbed from Drudge, a volcano erupting near Japan was caught on camera by the International Space Station conveniently passing by overhead.  For more pictures and info, head over to The Daily Mail.

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Who Loves Irony?

The AFL-CIO is the mother of all unions (I’ve talked about them here), and a brief little article here talks about how representatives of the union were passing out hard hats on Capitol Hill in a campaign to represent workers here in America.  Funny thing, guess where the hats were made?  That’s right… China.  I [...]

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Remy Saves The Day

Just returned from Cancun – glad to see the other CAI writers keeping the home fires burning.  Flight back was filled with screaming and yelling kids, while parents idly sat by… numb perhaps, but still very unhelpful!
But thankfully I had my ipod and some trusty Remy Zero in the library.  One of my favorite songs [...]

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Unintended Consequence

Normally when I say those two words it is when discussing some governmental policy that has consequences unintended from the original idea.  For a broad example take an idea like welfare – intended to help people who are in dire straits and need a life line – but which many times appears to cause people [...]

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Too Big?

I love this quote from George Will’s column, Have We Got a Deal For You at GM.
Washington’s “rescue” of GM began because GM is “too big to fail,” and bankruptcy is (well, was) “unthinkable.” Big? GM’s market capitalization, $375.8 million on Wednesday, is about the size of California Pizza Kitchen’s ($340 million) — is it [...]

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Patrick Daughters

One of my greatest secret interests is the music video.  I would tend to shy away from such an admission in light of the sheer wretchedness of what we often see on MTV, VH1, or countless other music television stations that have arisen over the years.  Music videos have become so uninspired, oftentimes more interested [...]

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The Virtuous Deregulation

Oskari Juurikkala of The Acton Institute has an interesting column on whether increased regulation in financial markets increases or decreases the virtuous behavior of market participants.  I’ve reposted a good chunk of it here:
 
In his book Not Just for the Money, economist Bruno Frey sheds some light on the question. Invoking research in motivational psychology, [...]

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