Why Markets Can't Cure Healthcare Auto RepairPaul Krugman explains why markets can't solve any of the world's problems:"Judging both from comments on this blog and from some of my mail, a significant number of Americans believe that the...
If you consider the ways that money is "printed," both by the Fed with QE and by banks making loans against houses and cars, you might notice that one is inflationary and the other is not.And because "Stimulus" spending does not involve the creation...
This man quit his job working as a software engineer after September 11, and now spends his days cleaning a river that has been accumulating trash near an auto repair shop. I don't think there is a difference between the work he did...
How do we know that we own anything? Because we have it in our immediate possession? We know that can’t be true, because we can borrow a car, or wheel of cheese we do not own. We hold them in our hands and control them only temporarily; we do not...
I promised to look after a friends cat for the week. My place has a glass atrium that goes through two levels, I have put the cat in there with enough food and water to last the week. I am looking forward to the end of the week. It is just sitting...
Public schools are over-funded and the money spent on public schools does not correlate to the educations provided. Here is a graph showing test scores vs spending:Spending is about $26,000 for each student signed up at a DC public school,...
When not in use, this Panasonic concept remote is said to slumber peacefully, its limp body pulsating with light not so differently than a gently sleeping MacBook. But when touched, the remote wakes and becomes rigid...ready to be wielded and fulfilling...
Lightning strikes are not evenly distributed. Some parts of the world have little or no lightning, central Africa has the most -- 200 strikes per sq km per year.For an American, the chance of being struck by lightning is approximately 1 in 576,000...
Diet Coke in the United States is sweetened with aspartame only. Coke light in Mexico uses aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace-K). For me, the Mexican sweetener combo makes Coke Light taste almost like real Coke without the nasty mouthfeel and...
Methyl Iodide has recently been approved for use on strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and other crops. It replaces methyl bromide, which was recently banned by the EPA because of its ozone-depleting effects. Many people I know are afraid...
