No evidence of inflation in the American economy, unless you look at the cost of the commodities which people must actually buy. Or the continuing decline of the dollar against world currencies. Or the predictable spike in the (dollar-denominated) price of gold. Or the record-high (dollar-denominated) prices for wheat and oil and lead. TBP quotes [...]
Archive for September, 2007
There Is No Inflation
Posted in economics, education, media, science, tagged inflation, statistics on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Any Publicity Is Good Publicity
Posted in advertising, economics, hypocrisy, media, politics, private press, tagged clarence thomas, oxycontin on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Justice Clarence Thomas has written a memoir, which is due out on Monday. I haven’t read it. I am not likely to buy it. But I’m sure it will be prominent in the news over the next week or two, given the media tour that Justice Thomas will be doing to promote the book:
The normally [...]
The Most Electable
Posted in education, media, politics, tagged rudy on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was at a party last night where someone told me that he thinks Rudy is “the most electable” candidate running right now. So this link is posted without comment.
. . . Second, it’s interesting that Giuliani makes this reaffirmation with his third wife before air travel “since Sept. 11,” given that on Sept. 11, [...]
Rivalry
Posted in internet, oregon, tagged oregon ducks, oregon state beavers, salt lick on September 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
As we move towards the epic showdown between the Ducks and the Cal Bears this weekend, it’s good to remember that we have the Civil War Game coming up between Oregon and Oregon State in just a couple of weeks.
This week, my school is in the news because one of our graduates is the judge [...]
Woo Hoo, Woo Hoo Hoo
Posted in contracts, economics, internet, patents, technology on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A one-two punch of court decisions handed down Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 cast further doubt on Vonage’s (VG) future and halved the market value of the beleaguered Internet-calling provider.
The rest of the story is here. Looks like they’re toast; too bad. I liked the idea of paying for naked DSL, no voice service [...]
Are You Concerned About Net Neutrality?
Posted in constitution, economics, education, free speech, internet, media, privacy, technology, tagged common carrier, NARAL, net neutrality, verizon on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Update: Verizon has apparently backed off its ill-considered stance. They’re blaming pre-existing “policy,” but from the frenzied dissembling, I’m willing to bet somebody got fired over this. As the Gonzales/Monica Goodling DOJ demonstrated so clearly, the nature of the policy is much less important than the intellectual philosophy and ethical leanings of the people assigned [...]
US District Judge Ann Aiken Strikes Down Part of PATRIOT Act
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, ethics, free speech, impeachment, oregon, politics, privacy, privilege, tagged ann aiken, patriot act, unconstitutional on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kudos to Judge Aiken for seeing the facts for what they were, and for upholding justice and the rule of law in the face of all the fear-mongering and distractions that must have been piled on her desk by the DOJ. And yes, I’ve got a bit of hometown pride that she’s up in Portland, [...]
