Great Britain, a Lost Country
by Students singing in the choir at Arthur Bugler Primary School in Great Britain spent weeks practicing Christmas music only to be told that the songs …
Month: December 2008
Business / Energy / Environment / Liberalism
The Wisdom of Markets
Crowd-sourcing, capturing the “wisdom” of the mob, was what the cool kids were doing not so long ago. Witness the rise of the Daily Kos …
U.S. Automaker Bailout Happening
The Houston Chronicle says that U.S. automakers will be getting $15B in "emergency loans" and a new boss in Washington D.C. in the form of …
Muslim Violence and America
MPACUK, a British Muslim “empowerment system” according to its web site, says that it will no longer apologize for the acts of Islamic terrorists. This …
PC Librarians Ban Christmas at UNC
What could be more American than a Christmas tree in December? Apple pie in July, perhaps. But politically correct librarians and at least one mid-level …
Democrats Evolve Stance on Terrorist Interrogations
Glenn Greenwald reports the inevitable: Democrats’ attitude about harsh interrogation techniques has changed now that their man has been elected and is about to assume …
GM, the Company No One Wants
GM has a physical plant and inventory assets that exceed its current market capitalization of around $3B. The company would be ripe for a takeover …
Opposing Bailouts on Principle
Oliver Hart, professor of economics at Harvard, and Luigi Zingales, professor of finance at the Chicago Booth School of Business, say that Bush administration economists …
Communism / Democracy / Islam / Liberalism / Religion
The Greatest Killer of All
Jobsanger, the Texas Liberal’s guest writer, says that religion was what killed 300+ Muslims – and an uncounted number of Christians – in Nigeria over …
The Republicans Base
Writing at USA Today, Rod Dreher confirms something that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, namely that social conservatives and Christian voters are …