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Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Emperor may be naked, but you can’t convince the press

Friday, May 18, 2012

As I recall the tale, none of the grownups watching the parade would admit the obvious until a little boy in the crowd made his views known. But, at least at that point, the folks in the crowd cast off their delusions, and joined in the cry that the Emperor was naked. Perhaps human nature […]

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Brooks again

Friday, May 18, 2012

Dean Baker concentrates his fire on David Brooks again, despite my suggestion that he avoid high blood pressure by not reading him. Baker takes issue with this gem from Brooks’s latest column: “Western democratic systems were based on a balance between self-doubt and self-confidence. They worked because there were structures that protected the voters from […]

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Capitalist speaks truth, is muffled

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Nick Hanauer, and I have no idea who he is, though he is apparently rich, made some wholly obvious points during a TED lecture. Naturally, this led the folks at TED to try to block distribution of his talk, apparently on the grounds that it would hurt the fee-fees of other rich folks. Some might […]

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Curt Schilling at the public trough

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Life is a mystery. Curt Schilling, well known for being a vocal Republican, would never go in for a government guaranteed loan like Solyndra got, would he? After all, the government is not supposed to pick winners and losers, am I right? And yet… 38 Studios, the video game startup founded and funded by former […]

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Adventures in Semantics, Redux

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A few days ago I noted that the Mystic River Press featured this front page (very large type) headline: RTM tries new tact on budget Apparently the disease is spreading. Today I saw this, in an article about the demise of unlimited data plans, at a computer blog called EverythingICafe: AT&T has taken a different […]

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Some British Businessfolks waking up

Monday, May 14, 2012

A while back I wondered why it was that the Best Buys of the world (or at least, of the USA),were not demanding stimulus. Well, so far as I know, nothing has changed here, but according to Atrios, the business world in Britain is beginning to wake up to the fact that when no one […]

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Business as usual for the Democrats

Monday, May 14, 2012

Sigh… This is the kind of thing that is all too typical of the Democratic party: Wisconsin Democrats are frustrated with the lack of national support in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker, and in what’s likely an effort to pressure the Democratic National Committee to pitch in, they’re airing their frustrations to Greg […]

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Convention

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Today’s convention was they way they all should be:short and sweet. Well that’s not quite sure. The 2006 convention was long, but far sweeter, as that was the year Ned Lamont shocked everyone with the high percentage of votes he got at the convention, doing far better than Susan Bysiewicz did this year. But, there […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, May 11, 2012

These days I’m listening to music in my car, having given up audiobooks for a while. My iPod is connected to my stereo system, which is great, but finding music on the little display while driving is a bit difficult, so I tend to play something a little like roulette, spinning the dial until something […]

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Adventures in Semantics

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Front page headline (not on-line) from the Mystic River Press: RTM tries new tact on budget

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