Former Senator George Mitchell has released his report on steroids in baseball that names all sorts of names. The names that I found most interesting were Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Eric Gagne–star pitchers all–and what makes those names so interesting is that they bring into question the actual impact of steroids. Using steroids was [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Mike Huckabee has finally seen some bad press over the past week or so (whether it will effect his poll numbers remains to be seen) with the latest bit being that he made some disparaging comment about Mormonism when asked about it in relation to Mitt Romney by a New York Times Magazine reporter. I [...]
From the AFP: A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates, a report said Monday. An office was set up outside Jhansi town in Uttar Pradesh state and 20 people were employed to carry out jobs such as street [...]
Business Week is running a great article on expanding investment in Africa with the even better title “Can Greed Save Africa?” Here’s a little taste: In many ways, Africa’s economic situation seems hopeless. While $625 billion in foreign aid has poured in since 1960, there has been no rise in the region’s per capita gross [...]
If you have any interest in Bob Dylan, you really must go see I’m Not There. For my money, it’s the best movie I’ve seen in many years, although it is admittedly better the more into Dylan you are, so of course I would like it. That being said, the movie is so well made [...]
Who enjoys maddening Flash games? All right, I understand that Japanese guys attempting to play soccer with binoculars on their head is funny, but why the jumpsuits? If you’re a nerd like me, you’ll enjoy testing your geography knowledge with this game. If not, well you can go to hell. I like the one [...]
If you could choose between the life of the average American today or that of a nineteenth century millionaire, which would you pick? But before you answer, have a look at this excellent post from the Coyote Blog; it might just change your mind. Pointer from Cafe Hayek.
On Monday, I wrote that Huckabee was either a liar or a lunatic because he said God was causing his poll numbers to rise. Well, while he may also be a lunatic, he’s now a confirmed liar. How so? You can watch this video from ABC News for a fuller version, but the short story [...]
Prohibition ended on December 5, 1933 (I’m only two and a half hours late on this one), so lift a glass high in celebration that alcohol users, unlike users of a number of other psychotrophic substances, are free to intoxicate themselves as they please. Just try imagining a world where Prohibition had actually been successful. [...]
A debate on education policy between two Australian bloggers has been making the rounds among some of the prominent libertarian blogs. Mostly, they’ve been posting the two money paragraphs from Andrew Norton’s initial post; I will be no exception to that rule: People are used to the idea of state schools, so they don’t think [...]
