It’s only fitting that a truly memorable demonstration of human gullibility will mark its 70th anniversary just before Election Day. On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of radio listeners concluded that Orson...
Read MoreWe know that more drilling in Alaska and off the US coastlines won’t mean jack when it comes to lowering gasoline prices for the next twenty years, at best, and then it will have only a marginal effect (a few cents per...
Read MoreUpdate: Thanks of course for the recs. Also, MSNBC’s Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow were apparently blacked out last night in Southern Ohio. Obama’s interview was not aired. It is hard to believe this was a...
Read MoreI would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. – Dwight D. Eisenhower How well do...
Read MoreWhat passes for “normal”Excerpt: The New York Stock Exchange was shut down by the attacks, but once things returned to normal, Wall Street went back to making decisions that impacted horrendously upon the large...
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