Jared Diamond has an interesting essay at the current issue of New Yorker, " Vengeance Is Ours ", that is worth considering. In the essay, Diamond not only describes the moral and political economy of cycles of personal and inter-tribal vengeance in one of the relatively stateless area of the...
[I ran this originally as a "page" rather than as a "post", when I had simply put up Zappa`s lyrics. Since "posts" might be more visible to visitors I`ve decided to post this as well.] I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting...
I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting them up here. Does these resonate with anyone else? I have noted a few thoughts further below. I'm The Slime I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n deranged I have existed for years But very little...
Here's a very interesting piece by Kristof at the New York Times about the reactions of Obama and Clinton supporters, and introducing cognitive science studies of why more information often polarizes, rather than bringing people together . Divided They Fall Simply, we are cognitively wired as tribal...
"No, your computer isn't misfiring. Welcome to a new Wall Street Journal blog, Environmental Capital." So says the WSJ's announcement of its new blog, which replaces its Energy Roundup blog and, in addition to continue to track daily energy news, will "go further, analyzing how...
[update below] Fundamentalist states on an interesting thread: <i>"Most Americans are outright socialists; the rest are socialist sympathizers. They believe that only the government can save them from capitalists."</i> http://blog.mises.org/archives/007299.asp#comments In response...
Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren and do a great job of demonstrating at NRO there is absolutely no relationship between energy policy and national security. http://energy.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjllYTlhMDkyMjcwZDQ4ZTZiYmVhYTlkMGUzMjJhM2M = However, they forgot to provide the answer to their own question...