In listening to some congressional idiot talk about aid to the auto makers, I was struck by their determination in insisting that this is not a bailout but a bridge loan.  There is a grain of truth in this I suppose.  When the commercial paper markets seized up, financing oprerations would have become very difficult [...]

People have to make judgments and they also have limited time to do so.  This probably explains why so many Americans are content and even eager to see the same rubes return to positions of authority, or their children or siblings or spouses.  The latest example is of course Vladimir – er – Michael Bloomberg.  [...]

As a form of national protest at the high and rising cost of energy and food, everyone in the nation should stay home on Wednesday, June 11th.  This might help get the attention of the idiots in Washington and the ear of fellow citizens who – for whatever strange reason – are not thinking much [...]

I was recently invited to a dinner at the aforementioned institution. Mark Hurd, the CEO of HP was the speaker. He spoke about globalization and took some questions. The thrust of his remarks lampooned American education vis-a-vis China and India. His anecdotal supporting evidence was that the number of engineering graduates [...]