Category Archives: Quote of the Day

Getting from both ends The state funded Great Britain team has (by perception) done extremely well at the London 2012 Olympics. As a consequence (?) there are calls amongst politicians and sports bureaucrats to make competitive sport compulsory for children. … Continue reading →

Alexander Hamilton and the Articles of Confederation: Euro Crisis Prophecy! Now I don’t know about you, but nobody in my classroom (including me) had ever read through the A. of C., and it turned out to be a damned interesting … Continue reading →

First, a quick bit of backstory. One of the guys who drives a recycle truck at my place of employ handed me this book one morning last week, figuring I’d like it. I do, and I think you all will … Continue reading →

Oddly enough, it comes from across the pond, where one of the Samizdatistas watches from afar. The lads were doing their best. If they got a bit obsessed on the question of whether Obamacare was constitutional rather than whether it … Continue reading →

In fact, not only do audiences not run me out of the lecture halls, they get excited about oil production, and a little bit upset that they never learned this anywhere else. For example, most people are blown away when … Continue reading →

Ya know the stare from the one dollar bill? Yeah, that one. Alexander Hamilton once offered to buy Gouverneur Morris dinner if he would clap Washington on the shoulder and say how great it was to see him again. When … Continue reading →

On the topic of the Eurozone…. ….I have long believed that the European Union, when it finally collapses, will do so all at once. All the power and all the money that these fanatics have under their control will all … Continue reading →

True. With pictures. Borrowed from the comments section of Samizdata. Politicians can’t reform Social Security because they can’t talk about it honestly, and they can’t talk about it honestly because the median voter doesn’t want to admit a basic fact: … Continue reading →