Joe Romm has some fun with the Texas Attorney General, who declares himself opposed to regulation of CO2 on the grounds that It is almost the height of insanity of bureaucracy to have the EPA regulating something that is emitted by all living things. As Joe points out, this argument says that we should adopt… Continue reading Krugman defends our socialist sewer system
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Myth of the Hero Gunslinger
Back to Tucson. On the day of the shooting, a young man named Joseph Zamudio was leaving a drugstore when he saw the chaos at the Safeway parking lot. Zamudio was armed, carrying his 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol. Heroically, he rushed to the scene, fingering his weapon, ready to fire. … “When everyone is carrying a… Continue reading Myth of the Hero Gunslinger
Economic conservatism as a religion
But beyond the specific facts, it’s the logical structure of the argument that’s insane. Economic growth is a key predicate for an expansive welfare stare. So it’s completely true that if you just started throwing out the key institutional features of modern market economies that you’d strangle big government. But you’d be strangling big government… Continue reading Economic conservatism as a religion
America in the age of primitivism
America needs to have a neomodernist party to oppose the reigning primitivists of the right, left and center. Let everyone who opposes abortion, wants to ban GM foods and nuclear energy, hates cars and trucks and planes and loves trains and trolleys, seeks to ban suburbia, despises consumerism, and/or thinks Darwin was a fraud join… Continue reading America in the age of primitivism
Alan Greenspan’s housing bubble coffee break
There is a lack of consensus as to how the relaxation of credit standards will impact safety and soundness. To date, loan delinquencies have remained modest, both within and outside of the banking industry. However, the undiminished appetite, particularly for the nonconforming mortgage product, has allowed for the flexibility to continue. And there is no… Continue reading Alan Greenspan’s housing bubble coffee break
Alan Greenspan’s housing bubble coffee break
There is a lack of consensus as to how the relaxation of credit standards will impact safety and soundness. To date, loan delinquencies have remained modest, both within and outside of the banking industry. However, the undiminished appetite, particularly for the nonconforming mortgage product, has allowed for the flexibility to continue. And there is no… Continue reading Alan Greenspan’s housing bubble coffee break
America in the age of primitivism
America needs to have a neomodernist party to oppose the reigning primitivists of the right, left and center. Let everyone who opposes abortion, wants to ban GM foods and nuclear energy, hates cars and trucks and planes and loves trains and trolleys, seeks to ban suburbia, despises consumerism, and/or thinks Darwin was a fraud join… Continue reading America in the age of primitivism
Not us (cont.)
You have to go back to the 1960s to find any even remotely comparable legitimization of anti-government violence on the left as we have today from Republican elected officials and party candidates, not to mention the chorus of right-wing talk-radio demagogues. It is simply nonsense to assert, as many right-wing commentators and Republican politicians have… Continue reading Not us (cont.)
Benefits Granted for Full-Time Torah Study Are Questioned in Israel
If current trends continue, it said, 78 percent of primary school children in Israel by 2040 will be either ultra-Orthodox or Arab. From Benefits Granted for Full-Time Torah Study Are Questioned in Israel Marry young, have lots of kids and get paid to study the Torah. Sounds like a disaster to me.
Benefits Granted for Full-Time Torah Study Are Questioned in Israel
If current trends continue, it said, 78 percent of primary school children in Israel by 2040 will be either ultra-Orthodox or Arab. From Benefits Granted for Full-Time Torah Study Are Questioned in Israel Marry young, have lots of kids and get paid to study the Torah. Sounds like a disaster to me.