Current Affairs

Barbarians at the Gate Alan Greenspan returns to his libertarian roots more and more each day. The stunner quote: "We have at this particular stage a fiat money which is essentially money printed by a government and it's usually a central bank which is authorized to do

Greenspan and Other Problems Is this guy for real? Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. could face a bond-market crisis if politicians don't act soon to start cutting the nation's debt [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704739504576067832461529192.html?mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1&

Monday Miscellany Ah, that explains all the Judy Garland CD advertisements I've been seeing: " Facebook might be inadvertently outing its gay users to advertisers, according to a new study [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1322916/Facebook-accidentally-outing-gay-users-advertisers.html#ixzz13B6XwRtM] ." Problem is, the very next sentence says

Monday Miscellany That's why I blog: Couples married for an average of 40 years know less about one another's food, movie and kitchen-design preferences than do partners who have been married or in committed relationships for a year or two, a new study finds. . . . Older couples&

Happy Prose Okay, so I'm supposed to have a smile on my prose. That was a tall self-imposed order. Fortunately, the pessimistic Lew Rockwell bailed me out. He penned a large piece that he posted yesterday: The Killing and Reviving of the American Dream [http://www.lewrockwell.com/

Porn "Pornography wants you, it wants your husband or wife, it wants your son and daughter, your grandchildren, and your in-laws. It doesn't share well, and it doesn't leave easily. It is a cruel master, and seeks more slaves." From this fine Salvo essay