Month: December 2008

  • Despite an “impartial” and “transparent” process, it turns out that there is a high correlation between Congressional power and science grants.  Must be a “a case of correlation but not causation” one commentator writes.  There’s no way that politics could corrupt the scientific process (as long as Democrats are in power, at least.)

  • Full report. From: The New Clarion.

  • Warning regarding the economy

    I just sent my family the following email: Hi folks, If you’ve been following the news, you may have heard that: The Federal Reserve just cut the overnight loan rate to .25 percent.  Gold prices immediately jumped to $847/oz.  (Last week, I bought gold at $775).  We haven’t seen rates this low for over 50…

  • Consumerism will not save us

    The conventional view of economic growth now being discussed in the news prescribes higher consumer spending as the solution to the current economic recession.  The idea is that if people buy more big screen TV’s for Christmas, manufacturers will increase production, hire more workers, raise wages, and we’ll all live happily ever after.  As practiced…