Category Archives: Quote of the Day

Ummm, no. Do you want law enforcement people that will say I will do this because I’m told to do it, even if I know it’s wrong? Tim Howard, Sheriff of Erie County, N.Y. Asked as a rhetorical question during … Continue reading →

The “Baffle them with Bullshit” method of foreign policy? The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them … Continue reading →

Related to the post directly below Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing give it to others. William Allen White White was an odd duck. Head of the Kansas Republican League, a “progressive” organization. He … Continue reading →

Liberty means responsibility. Which is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw I dread it not one bit. In fact I welcome the chance to be ultimately responsible for myself.

Can you sense a theme today? The best government is the one that charges you the least blackmail for leaving you alone. Thomas Rudmose-Brown

Or consider the history of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) , one of the most useful algorithms known to man. John Tukey had an idea for speeding up the calculation of the discrete Fourier transform: Dick Garwin saw that it … Continue reading →

Sounds like a plan We’ve combined Joe Biden’s love of shotguns with Obama’s love of redistribution. Kyle Coplen: Armed Citizen Project Executive Director Kyle Coplen

We may indeed be doing better than the UK or EU, but it’s small comfort to be the best-looking horse in the glue factory. Laird – Samizdata.UK commenter In response to this Dan Drezner article on how the US “recovery” … Continue reading →

Our Golem: Of course, it cannot be tamed and there will shortly be (or already is) nowhere on the globe to escape it. You must cripple it. To do this you must understand from whence its power flows. Alas, you … Continue reading →