Archive for December 2010
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Read MoreMatterhorn — A Novel of the Vietnam War
Just finished it. It’s a must read for anyone with any interest at all in the daily life of marine grunts in Quang Tri province in 1969. When you finish this book you can say you did a tour in Vietnam. You will certainly feel that way. But there is much more than that to…
Read MoreGunny R. Lee Ermey Unloads on Obama — Way Cool Video
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Read MorePrinciples of Economics — Introductory Text Book — 900 Pages — Two Hundred Dollars
I have no doubt that this introductory economics textbook for college freshman is one of the best available. It’s 900 pages and a review of the table of contents brought back memories of my own time struggling with Econ 101. That would have been about 40 years ago. This book looks to me that it’s…
Read MoreGun Owners With CCW Permits Must Be Able to Navigate Legal Minefields
Used as a metaphor, a “minefield” is a subject or situation presenting unseen hazards that might “blow up in your face.” A legal minefield might be thought of as a trap for the unwary, entangling one in a legal problem such as a civil suit or a criminal charge. Most people who are law-abiding, and…
Read MoreBook For A New Year
Shakedown Socialism: Unions, Pitchforks, Collective Greed, The Fallacy of Economic Equality, and other Optical Illusions of “Redistributive Justice” From the Amazon Product description: This is a brilliant study, profusely illustrated with cartoons and propaganda posters. Atbashian explains why Socialism cannot work. He exposes the injustice of “Collective Greed” and shows why Economic Equality is a…
Read MoreMerry Christmas To All
The Way Things Ought To Be
Bill Whittle — A Nation of Desire
She’s In Love With Friedrich Hayek
A favorite quote from Hayek: The task of economics is to show us how little we know about what we imagine we can design — The Fatal Conceit
Read MoreReconciling Darwinian Biology With Conservative Social and Political Philosophy
This statement by Larry Arnhart is, in my view, a satisfactory reconciliation of the Conservative thought of Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservative social and political philosophy, and the theory of evolution by natural selection formulated by Charles Darwin: The Left has traditionally assumed that human nature is so malleable, so perfectible, that it…
Read MoreLame Duck Congress Goes Well For Conservatives and Tea Party
It’s been a good four days for Mitch McConnell, Conservatives and the Tea Party. Tax-rate extensions passed. Omnibus Pork Bill failed. DREAM Act failed. Miserable food “safety” bill failed. (Federal Government won’t be regulating bake sales at schools anytime soon.) UPDATE sunday: Food safety bill brought back and passed unanimously. Ugh. Republicans up to their…
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