Posts Tagged ‘ rants ’

People who religiously adhere to, or defend a doctrine are to be treated with suspicion. Nowhere is this more true than in the strange land of economic ideology. Economics is a young science, and if you look over the history of well-established sciences, then this is cause for concern. It wasn’t all that long...
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One of the most fascinating machines I've tried to understand recently is the way we allocate scarce resources - economics. It is interesting for many reasons, and one of them is...
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Guns will always be a controversial subject. For the record, I think guns are really cool. I've never owned a gun, and before living briefly in the US have never lived in a culture where gun ownership or use was widespread.
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Christmas is a funny time of the year. First I am struck by the prevalence of some rather silly political correctness that I encounter in all sorts of funny places. I welcome any arguments to the contrary,
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I'm not happy with the world. I should be more specific - the world is great, but I'm not happy about the way humans conduct themselves while they are on it. It's no secret that I have a strong
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In catching up with old friends in Melbourne, I have noticed a curious trend. Ordinarily, when one catches up with old friends after being overseas for an extended period, one is asked mostly about
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Contrary to popular belief, I don’t like to be nasty to people. While it is certainly true that I have a pugnacious side to my nature, I am a generally peaceful and conflict-averse individual. The day that I departed the Netherlands also happened to be election day (I somehow timed my departure from my...
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It’s that time of the year again, and I am once again in a reflective mood about the state of the world in which we live. That state, to put it mildly, is “not good”. We are rapidly headed towards a nasty collision with mother nature and the worst part about it, is that...
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