As you may have noticed, I absolutely love seeing good for absolutely nothing Members of Parliament squirm and be forced into resignations over their thieving of taxpayer money to pay for their own luxuries (I use the term loosely - manure and porn don’t exactly count). I’m very proud of my friend Guido Fawkes for […]
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I miss Karri, my friend since we were 13. She’s the only person who’s known and tolerated (and loved) me through everything. (Anyone who could stick by me after the way I was from ages 13 - 29 is pretty special.) We talk almost every day, but I haven’t seen her since July 2008, back […]
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Thomas Sowell:
I think in the U.S. and in most of the world the public understanding of economics is abysmal. But it’s one thing not to understand something. I don’t understand brain surgery. It’s another to want to form policies on things on which you are ignorant. I hear the wonderful phrase “I want to make […]
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Doves should have called this record Perfect. It’s an old favorite and one of the most oft-played records on my iPod:
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I roll my eyes constantly, usually at the mention of some person, company, or idea that I find completely unworthy of discussion. It’s totally involuntary, and happens without one bit of contemplation.
I think 31 is a bit old for such an immature trait, and I am going to make every effort to stop.
Am I the […]
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Fantastic election result there with voters telling the communists to sling their hook:
The decisive victory of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a committed supporter of globalisation, has led the Bombay market to surge 10% on the open this morning. The American century has passed with the Anglo-American investment banking model stumbling, so it looks like […]
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I arrived in Boston late on Thursday night, had some meetings in Cambridge the next day, and was back on the train to Manhattan by 5.30 on Friday night. Not nearly enough time to explore what even a brief glimpse revealed to be a charming, engaging part of this country. I can’t wait to go […]
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Minimum wage laws are disguised anti-immigration laws.
-Brian Micklethwait
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This is so stupid, yet - for anyone familiar with how the British government operates - not exactly a shocker. It’s all about numbers to make politicians look good, nothing to do with education. Rob Spence, who works in what I am guessing is a former polytechnic, writes:
There’s a real tension between the government’s agenda […]
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Judge me if you must, but I am going to see this the day it comes out.
On a superficial note, Mariah Carey’s appearance in the film just goes to show how far a bit of professional grooming can go.
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I quote from Virginia Postrel’s The Future and Its Enemies quite liberally on my beliefs page. Yet when asked to articulate what dynamists believe, I sometimes struggle to do so in a concise, easy to understand way. Thanks to Ben Casnocha for reminding me of this great quotation from Postrel which does the job nicely:
There […]
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Photo by Pear Biter
I can’t believe I’ve never been to Boston. I’m heading there later today for some meetings, but will have a bit of free time to myself before I come back to NYC on Friday. I’m torn between checking out the tourist-y sites in Boston or wandering around the Harvard and MIT campuses […]
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1) What a nasty, ill-mannered man.
2) Claiming that MPs need to steal from taxpayers because their salaries are too low is shocking. Most people in the UK do not make more than £50,000 per year - in fact, most people make a great deal less than that. I seriously doubt they’d be treated as […]
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I went to a small gathering in penthouse 2400 of the super stylish Hudson Hotel last night. Let’s just say I think much of the cost of the rooms ($2500/night for the penthouse) goes toward creating stunning visuals in the common areas. Here, the check-in desk:
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