Category Archives: Free Market

The Market Will Have a Very Bad Day Today

I just read on the wire that “India’s Sensitive Index tumbled 2,029.05 points, or 11.5%, to 15,576.30 in the early minutes, forcing trade to be halted for an hour” which might act as an indicator that the US and European markets may well plunge when they’re opened in the morning. Hopefully, the automatic safe […]

Being Poor, Ignorant and Desperate is Not About Race Its About Class

Michael Bernstein popped me an IM after reading my article, The Culture of “Acting White” Anti-Intellectualism Will Kill America, with a link to Cosby, Race and Escaping The Downside, which reveals America’s dirty secret, “in America, being poor, ignorant, desperate and unable to escape your situation has absolutely nothing to do with the color of […]

The Culture of “Acting White” Anti-Intellectualism Will Kill America

“The concept of ‘acting white’ and worries that African Americans are not pushing their children enough to focus on education have been long-standing concerns of Obama’s — he has mentioned them in several recent speeches — and issues that many prominent members of the community, mostly notably comedian Bill Cosby, have focused on in recent […]

Bloggers Need to Hold Themselves to Ethical Standards

People ask me what I think about “full disclosure” and “blogger ethics.” My answer always is, there is no obligation for any blogger to follow the ethical standards of journalists or public officials. Bloggers are bloggers because of the true freedom of speech. Freedom of speech doesn’t demand truth. But, if bloggers want to keep […]

Public Affairs Blogging Comes with Different Rules than PR Blogging

Edelman and the Flogging of America by DIGITAL STREET JOURNAL is the finest analysis of the Edelman-Wal-Mart joint that resulted in the Wal-Marting Across America fiasco.

China Will Probably Succeed in Africa


Ken Lay Lives


A City on a Hill by Mike Signer


Paleoconservatism is the Word and the Word is Good


Monopsony is the Word-of-the-Day