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Emerging transformational technologies, as economist Joseph Schumpeter pointed out, do not advance the economy by consistent predictable increments. Rather, they...
A Self-Employed Carpenter’s Continued Thoughts on the Future
My first article on this topic concerned the sharp contraction of the residential construction industry in the U.S. I am a self-employed carpenter. The main thrust...
A Self-Employed Carpenter’s Thoughts on the Future
The world is changing. Currently, as a nation, we have a large and well-trained section of our work force dedicated to residential construction. Unemployment within...
Blinder Understates Cost of Carbon Tax
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal , Alan Blinder listed numerous alleged benefits of a phased-in carbon tax. Out of his entire column, he devoted a...
How Not to Stop a Terrorist
As Glenn Greenwald predicted, terrorists have attacked the next most logical target. A suicide bomber has caused the death of nearly three dozen people in Moscow’s...
But What if the Customers Are Bigots Too?
And a man’s enemies shall be those of his own household… The disappointment in my old man’s voice was hard to endure. “After all so many people went...
Are You Being Watched?
Do you remember the good old days the when it used to be illegal for governments to spy on their citizens? I don’t either… but I’m told that it used to...
Introduction to the Naked Truth About Drugs
For nearly one hundred years our government has been wrong about drugs, about the people who use them and the risks they pose to society. Much of what they report...
Endless Targets for Terror
The Number of Potential Terrorist Targets Is Essentially Infinite Terrorists seek to kill people and/or destroy property in pursuit of a political goal. They may...
Freedom and Opportunity Await Those with the Courage to Leave the U.S.
Freedom, independence, and awareness are undoubtedly in decline in the western world, particularly the U.S. In the last 10-days, Homeland Security has started seizing...
The Forest, the Trees and the TSA
With all the naked viewing and groping going on, I wonder if this is the United States of America or the back room of an adult video store. We have two major problems...
Riots in France a Symptom of Declining Western Wealth
The French nation was hobbled by strikes, rolling strikes, street violence and other protests. It sprung from the proposal of French Pres. Sarkozy to raise the...
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