As it happens, Your Humble Blogger seems to frequently point to interesting and provocative essays by people who are not big favorites around here. One recent such is the prolific Amir Taheri’s essay in the New York Post of all…
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, recently said that the Jews rule the world. If so, Your Humble Blogger is not getting a piece of that action. Of course, it is true that in among the handful of incredibly…
Yesterday’s Guardian had a fascinating column by Lutz Kleveman about the global fight for Caspian Oil, which he refers to as the New Great Game in his recent book of the same name. The thing is, oil is important. It’s…
Your Humble Blogger is not, as it happens, a huge fan of Geov Parrish, but I found a recent column of his on the Working for Change site very provocative. I’m not a libertarian on the drug issue; I approve,…
Well, and Pedro meets Clemens tonight for the pennant. This is something we won’t see again, baseball fans. Mr. Career Value (and quite possibly the best Career Value in a hundred years) against Mr. Peak Value (who may well clutch…
Your Humble Blogger has, as my Gentle Readers will be aware, recently spent a good deal of time attempting to understand the conservative mindset. I don’t really know how well I succeeded, but I do feel I understand it a…
Your Humble Blogger missed the news, somehow, but John Dunlop has died. I never met the man, but he was incredibly influential in how business, labor and higher education interact (not that he was to blame, really). Harvard’s Trade Union…
An illustrative anecdote from a recent union meeting: Our Leader had a string of very successful telephone negotiations shortly after beginning to bring her baby in to work with her. At first, she thought little Mae was just good luck,…
Some days, more than others, it’s hard to have faith in people. And, therefore, in democracy. The only good news is that turnout was … well, it didn’t stink. There are 21,833,141 people in the State of California who are…
Well, and it’s Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the Day of Judgement, the Day of Mercy. Your Humble Blogger hasn’t had a very successful High Holiday period, as far as introspection goes, but a couple of lines caught my…