Entries from October 2009

October 30, 2009

Lagniappe – October 2009

Virology Meets Jurisprudence – Speaking from the floor of Congress this week, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston said, “I listened to some challenge to the Constitution about the right to health care. I frankly believe that the Bill of Rights does embrace this concept because the Fifth Amendment suggests the question of due process. [...]

October 28, 2009

Macro for Dummies

 
Note:  I’m a big fan of The Daily Reckoning, and they have been kind enough to allow me to reprint some of their material here.  The following piece was written by Bill Bonner.  If you like this article, be sure to check out their site – there’s a lot more where this came from.
 
“He who [...]

October 15, 2009

Tooth Fairy Heralds Dollar’s Demise

My daughter is bouncing up and down with excitement.  This afternoon she lost another baby tooth (her third to date) and she knows that the tooth fairy will visit her tonight and leave her some money.  I remember the feeling.  As a kid, whenever I lost a tooth I could look forward to finding a shiny [...]

October 3, 2009

They’re the Kids in America

I have been stuck in Washington, D.C. for the past three days listening to a bunch of bureaucrats attempt to justify their existence while simultaneously threatening me and a thousand other people with fines and/or imprisonment if we don’t do exactly what they say.  For someone with my political leanings, it’s a lot like having [...]