I have linked before to the magnificent economic analysis of John Mauldin – freely sent to your Inbox once you sign up. We mere voter-taxpayer drones have no real idea of what is needed to save the Eurozone or indeed us, given the startling multi-dimensional mess the whole system has […]
After this horror it gets even worse: Anna Wintour, the formidable British editor of American Vogue, has been named as a leading fundraiser in the re-election campaign of Barack Obama – an effort that has led to renewed speculation that she might be in line for a political appointment, potentially […]
What a dire article over at Bloomberg by one Catherine Hickley, comparing the issues of the possible break-up of the Eurozone with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Here’s how not to write such things. First, it seems to me to stretch things a bit to describe the post-Soviet space […]
Check out this new car mirror designed by a very smart mathematician in the USA to help drivers see what is happening in the ‘blind spot’: Hicks’s driver’s side mirror has a field of view of about 45 degrees, compared to 15 to 17 degrees of view in a flat […]
Over at Hugh Hewitt in the USA, an unexpected comparison: ES: The Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election will have a major impact on every race in America for generations to come. HH: It’s a precursor election, 1979, Maggie Thatcher swept into power in England, took on the unions, and what followed? […]
I have linked here before to various wonderful stories and insights by Ray Bradbury who died this week after a long life of writing genius. The appreciations pour forth. Here is a nice one. Here is a rare example on the Internet of a full short story by him: ‘No […]
Here is my Commentator piece on the Wisconsin election: The key fact in last night’s Wisconsin recall election? Over 30 percent of households with a union member in them voted for Walker. A strong majority of people in Wisconsin got the core Tea Party political and moral message: stop unaffordable […]
I have spent most of the Bank Holiday break mulling over daily cryptic crossword clues created by Leo Traynor and posted by him on Twitter @LeosClue. He has mustered about 1000 people grappling with his crafty clues to the point of submitting answers, the vast majority of which are wrong. […]
Isn’t this just about the best summary of Europe’s problems you’ll see? Beyond briliant: … the unsustainable "bubble" is not student debt or subprime mortgages or anything else. The bubble is us, and the assumptions of entitlement. Too many citizens of advanced Western democracies live a life they have not […]
"It looked like the Romney campaign planted Dr Evil in the house of Obama and he said, ‘You know, on the day the grim job numbers come out let’s have someone who reeks of ornamental excess announce that the peasants can have a place at the table’. It’s just unbelievable." […]
