Prager, part two
Gentle Readers, Dennis Prager has, as promised, posted Part Two of his, well, interesting take on the differences between the Left and Right in America. I won’t go into the detail on this one, as the whole essay is simply…
The Rev. and the Gen.
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 whole world is looking at us”
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…
The Caspian Oil Issue, too big to see
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…
On Drugs
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,…
Big Game
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…
The Left and the Right, two views
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…
John Dunlop, R.I.P.
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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
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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,…
Now is misanthropy wrong?
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…