Occupy Anchorage, Communism, and Other Red Herrings
It was a busy day for me last Saturday when I first noticed the Occupy Anchorage folks in Town Square, so I didn’t get a chance to speak to them. It had been a small gathering to be sure (just a few...
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Steve Sheldon told about a woman giving birth alone on a beach. Something went wrong. A breech birth. The woman was in agony. ‘Help me please! The baby will not come,’ she cried out. The Pirahãs sat...
View ArticleSweatshops and the Invisible Hand of Satan: A Few Thoughts on Some...
A hundred and twelve people died horribly last weekend. They died so that you and I can look fabulous. …at a discount. I am of course talking about the fire that broke out in Tazreen Fashion Factory in...
View ArticleIrritation Meditation Number Whatever: I Love the Smell of New Propaganda in...
So, here I am surfing along the wifi challenged net of my lovely hotel room and what do I find in between 404 notices? Well it appears to be the latest talking point from the right wing echo chamber; a...
View ArticleGaming the Market and Kitbashing The Old Landlord’s Game
Poetic injustice! The forerunner to monopoly was intended to demonstrate the evils of …well, monopoly. It was particularly intended to show the long-term consequences of private land ownership in...
View ArticleSome Damned Infamous Ducks!
We Americans really love our independence, don’t we? Or at least the thought of it! Independence can be measured in any number of different ways, but in American politics, it typically means you earn...
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