Category Archives: random shots

Just a thought or two: Lately I’ve been thinking about those occasional poll results that show up (for example) saying, contrary to their public image, that even a majority of Republicans think the finance sector and big business have too … Continue reading →

Another GOP primary season thought, prompted primarily by the ideological self-identification of Romney voters not having a particular concentration so far: For several months, media “analysis” of the field has repeatedly and relentlessly rested on “well, they’re going to have … Continue reading →

With as much as the Republican primaries have been discussed as chaos, with front-runners bubbling up and flaming out right away to be overtaken by someone else who does the same thing, I have a modest proposal for whenever any … Continue reading →

The “Super Committee” doing what political committees generally do (that is, waste time) has provided opportunity for yet more claims of toughness on the part of the anointed Serious People on the U.S. government’s budget.  Latest example: on one side … Continue reading →

Keep conflating state-capitalism — with its barriers to entry, nonsensical IP law, continuous politically-motivated and self-serving intervention, subsidies, and labor held cheap by force — with an actual spontaneous market order, and eventually you get self-described anti-socialist, “limited government” conservatives … Continue reading →

After reading an article about the latest official response to that “we the people” crap — this one about aliens — I clicked back over to the site to see what was in the tank next.  I damn near fell … Continue reading →