Daily Archives: May 9, 2013

Government Is Your Friend

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Max West

From Obama’s commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5, 2013: Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems. Some … Continue reading →

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Nancy Pelosi Drive

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Max West

Last summer, driving through S.F.’s Golden Gate Park, I noticed one of the street names was Nancy Pelosi Drive and then promptly regurgitated some of my lunch. (Sometime last year, the city renamed Middle East Drive to Nancy Pelosi Drive.) … Continue reading →

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Kierkegaard at 200

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Max West

Upon the great philosopher’s 200th birthday, Julian Baggini has a very good synopsis of Kierkegaard, a philosopher whose work I think was way ahead of its time. Kierkegaard got to the root of the existentialist dilemma arguably before anyone else. … Continue reading →

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Schumpeter on Keynes

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Max West

“He was childless and his philosophy of life was essentially a short-run philosophy.” — from Joseph Schumpeter’s obituary of John Maynard Keynes, in the American Economic Review, September 1946. More on the Ferguson kerfuffle from the left and the right.

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8 Charged In $45 million Fraud Scheme

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Max West

Time to Celebrate Diversity! NEW YORK (WABC) — Eight members of a New York cell are charged in a massive 21st century bank heist that reached across the Internet and stretched around the globe, inflicting $45 million in losses on … Continue reading →

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