The Bundle of Banal Observations

Just another guy sharing his observations with no one in particular

They Have Learned Nothing, and Forgotten Everything

One might have hoped that the fiascos resulting from our attempts to promote the “democratization” of Iraq, Lebanon, and Gaza would have cooled any &/or everybody’s ardor to embroil the U.S. any…

1 year ago

Augmented reality helps you fix your printer

Augmented reality (AR) company Metaio will show a demo at next week’s Mobile World Congress in which AR on your mobile phone shows you how to change a printer toner cartridge.

Augmented…

1 year ago

RT @rgowan: Wintery mix refers to weather. Summery mix is a playlist of music. Spring mix is a salad. Is there a Fall mix of any kind?

“A Democratic and Republican Religion”: Catholics in American Public Life, 1765-1895

By Steve Klugewicz

In the imperial crisis of 1763-1776, American republicans revived the political drama staged by their English brethren during the previous century. Americans…

1 year ago

Conservatism was damaged by its ties to Southern interests in the 1850s. I hope it’s not making the same mistake today with Wall Street.

Experts on Bias Exhibit a “Statistically Impossible Lack of Diversity”

As The New York Times notes, “Some of the world’s pre-eminent experts on bias discovered an unexpected form of it at their annual meeting” when University of Virginia social psychologist Jonathan…

1 year ago

RT @lonelysandwich: I fear I once forgot to close a set of parentheses in an email in 2006 and my life since then has been a ruse.)

I would have just taken a check

Bill Haslam spent $12.30 per vote in the gubernatorial election. The Dean does some division on the disclosures and goes through the races from Memphis to Mountain City.

1 year ago

The Truth About the Debt Ceiling

Editor’s Note: Reason columnist Veronique de Rugy appears weekly on Bloomberg TV to separate economic fact from economic myth.

The statutory debt limit, or debt ceiling, was designed to…

1 year ago

Freedom Requires Restraint: Where Movement Conservatism Went Wrong—And How to Fix It

By Joseph Baldacchino

Russell Kirk
In the wake of the 2008 elections the Republican Party looked to be on its last legs. Not only had Barack Obama triumphed in the…

1 year ago