The argument is simple: let the government raise taxes (Obama’s “balanced” approach), and the government will not only spend all of this increased revenue, but will spend more than that, borrowing against […]
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Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Review
Short version: it stinks. Ubuntu is a version of Linux, an open-source and free operating system. I’ve been using various flavors of Unix for the past twenty years, and prefer them over […]
Interest In Penile Length Among Academics Growing
Who said Finns don’t have a sense of humor? One of Finland’s very own has produced the second biggest joke of the year (the first obviously being our president and congress negotiating […]
David Stove, PMS Admakers Apologize For PMS Apology Ad, San Franciscan Criminals, More
David Stove David Stove has a posthumous essay, put out in book form: What’s Wrong With Benevolence: Happiness, Private Property, and the Limits of Enlightenment. There is a review at American Conservative […]
Does Exposure To American Flag Shift Support Toward Republicanism?
It was just two red-white-and-blue weeks ago that we learned, via some Hahvard dons, that attending Fourth of July parades was likely to make one develop Republican sympathies. This finding was widely […]
The New Ballad of Chicken Little
Once upon a day, so bright and fine Walked Chicken B. Little. A scientist, mind! “The sky is blue,” he said, “but I am not.” “For I know much, quite quite a […]
One Out Of Four, Most Used Statistic
Were you aware, and did you know, that one out of four Americans: are obese (a rate matched by their dogs) will struggle with hunger will contract a STD will, if a […]
Welcome Back BYTE!
BYTE is back! It was the winter of 1979. Allen Ordway, Brian Grenke and me sat at a table in the Algebra teacher’s room. We were typing in a Basic program, carefully […]
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