Month: October 2014

Better to Burn Out…

Ed Kilgore says: I don’t know why, but you can sort of imagine John Lennon at 74, while it’s impossible with other rock stars who died young, like Hendrix and Joplin. Maybe it’s because he was already semi-retired when he was...

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Friday Foto Flogging

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. Everyone is welcome to post your photography in the comments section. This Month’s Theme: Shades of Gray, Color or Black and White...

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How the Federal Reserve Works

The Federal Reserve is an enormously important but poorly understood part of the power structure in the United States. There is a tradition on the Right of treating it purely as the private property of the banks, or, conversely,...

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Technology Is Awesome

I hope that our host won’t mind if I dispense with all internet traditions, but I am on the road to Canada right now, and blogging entirely by voice to text. Louis CK did a wonderful routine a few years ago about how...

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