Advice & Dissent

Apr9

CONSTIPATED COLOMBIA PACT AND THE MISSING MASSACRE

Pres. Obama has made expanding U.S. exports a centerpiece of his economic plan. In his January State of the Union Address, he noted that "95% of the world's customers and fastest-growing markets are beyond our borders" and that export-related jobs "pay 15% more than average." At…Read More
Mar9

Rationality and the Taping of Moving Boxes

I have long been fascinated by both aberrational and irrational human behavior, at least since I documented a mass outbreak of hysteria regarding the so-called "heterosexual AIDS explosion" that wasn't GOING to take place but allegedly already had. More recently, I documented…Read More
Jan28

The Subsidy of America is Coming to an End

Two items on the front page of yesterday's Washington Post: "Record U.S. Deficit Projected this Year" and "Two lawmakers from Michigan propose billions in incentives for buyers of electric cars." What's wrong with this picture? That's the problem. We don't see anything wrong with…Read More
Jan17

Civility Project Shuts Down for Lack of Interest

The Civility Project is no more and never was, as you can read here and here. "The worst e-mails I received about the civility project were from conservatives with just unbelievable language about communists, and some words I wouldn't use in this phone call," Civility Project…Read More
Jan10

Autism Doctor a Fraud, But Hardly Alone

"A deliberate fraud." That's what the British Medical Journal, one of the world's most prestigious periodicals, has written of the study that kicked off the current anti-vaccine movement. It's "clear evidence of falsification of data should now close the door on this damaging…Read More
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