September 2008

The Greatest Taboo

September 6, 2008

What I am about to do is so heinous I can expect no forgiveness. It is the unpardonable sin. I am going to make the outrageous claim that being a POW neither qualifies one for the Oval Office nor excuses being a liar. That may be too harsh. Maybe being a POW somehow causes someone […]

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Supply and Demand BS

September 4, 2008

Back in the 1770s, Adam Smith came up with a catchy phrase: the ‘Invisible Hand.’ It made sense, at least in some esoteric, theoretical world. The problem with catchy phrases is that those without any real understanding of the subject latch on to them. To demonstrate their ‘with-itness’ they drop the phrase a few times […]

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