Roused by ‘Julia’

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me. — George Orwell I haven’t written about politics (and have been happier for it) but have to mention Continue Reading →

Weekend 220.0 (Send in the Clowns)

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) Man Bites Dog “The Obama administration was from the outset a clown car heading for disaster, the unholy issue of ’30s mobsters and ’60s Marxists, slickly packaged for a Continue Reading →

Weekend 217.1 (Crony Capitalism Edition)

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Winston Smith

Crony Capitalism ALERT Rival: City’s bike-sharing program ‘tainted’ A rival bidder is trying to put the brakes on Chicago’s plan to launch the nation’s largest bike sharing program — by Continue Reading →

Weekend 193.1

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

To put this in plain terms, Americans and their institutions have tended to choose the self-interest and individualism of the free market over the nationalized model more prevalent in postwar Continue Reading →

Weekend 192.1

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Trouble on the China Express (WSJ) In a blistering essay titled “The Derailed Country,” posted online this past week and then quickly removed by censors, Han Han, one of Continue Reading →

Connecticut Taxes

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Has Connecticut taken a hard turn to the left? (2) Connecticut About To Adopt Amazon Internet Sales Tax (2a) Tax Hikes On Cars, Planes, Jewelry and Drags In Connecticut Continue Reading →

Weekend 179.0

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) China’s train wreck (2) The Disappearing Dollar (3) Is “Conservative Environmentalist” an Oxymoron?

The Republic’s Bernanke

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) The Inflation Solution? A wise short seller once told us the secret of his profession: People always underestimate how bad things can get. That is, they see the cliff Continue Reading →

The Policy of Inflation

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

Companies Stock Up as Commodities Prices Rise (WSJ) The present valuation will often depend on what people expect the future quantity of money to be. And, as with commodities on Continue Reading →

NY Times on Government Perversion

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Winston Smith

Jury duty. You endure CNN and watch some crappy video about how judges don’t legislate from the bench. I don’t typically use my blog to rant so I’ll spare all Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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