The Nation has posted an interesting article on how corporate conglomerates are ganging up on on Google to use government to give the innovative company the what for. So I read this because I was curious: what is the leftist answer here? Favor the corporate conglomerate or the corporate conglomerates that are attacking the corporate conglomerate?
I find myself captivated by this new entry into the Austrian Study Guide: a very rare treatise indeed. It is International Economic Disintegration by Wilhelm Roepke, from 1942. He explains how the world unraveled the 1930s from a combination of protectionism and monetary destruction. But he can’t get very far with this analysis without relating
The Grey Lady reports that H. Lee Scott Jr., the Chief Executive of Wal-mart has decided against opening a location in New York City due to the intense opposition from unions, lobbyists, lawmakers, and other assorted community groups who have fought to stymie their efforts every step of the way. But as Mr. Scott sees it, there is another reason
The hurricane sirens went off this evening in Auburn, which they seem to do every time there is any wind or rain within 60 miles. And every time I’m reminded of that day, about 10 years ago, when a bureaucrat from FEMA called our offices. He was furious about some editorial we had published attacking FEMA policies. We defended our position. He
It was Columbine-plus at Virginia Tech ( NYT story ), as the police proved themselves to be totally useless or worse. They interviewed suspects, secured the perimeter, ordered everyone not to move, and meanwhile and for two hours, apparently, the killer roamed free and started his rampage against forcibly unarmed students unguarded by forcibly
From Portfolio.com : No matter how you view them, the numbers inspire shock and awe. According to the Congressional Research Service, the combined cost of the Iraq war (Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Pentagon jargon) and its companions, Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror, could easily top $600 billion this
This results of this international study reported in Slate --namely, that men and women work the same number of hours per day--did not surprise me nearly as much as the off-handed remark that men spend most of their leisure time watching television. Guys! That’s pathetic. Also interesting is that women work less in rich countries than poor
I remember Mama. She was a shopper along with her other talents. And since baby sitters were beyond the means of middle class families of her era, she took the 6 year old who was to become me, along. Clinging to her discounted skirts, I caught the shopping bug. It was a life-long infection. I grabbed many a bargain in my career, but mainly I
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