Politics The Biggest Interest Group SimonOctober 8, 20180 "There exists a great deal of evidence that, from the time of the pharaohs, state officials looked after themselves...
Maxims A Good Name SimonOctober 5, 20180 ...But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor...
Immigration A Immigration Trade Proposal SimonOctober 4, 20180 Why would the Federal Government print a new health insurance card in two languages. Isn't this the reason that lots of...
Politics Kavanaugh Two SimonOctober 3, 20180 Two weeks ago I wrote: "This is a dirty trick, transparently a dirty trick." Nothing has happened that has changed my...
Politics Does Organic Food Production Starve Poor People? SimonSeptember 26, 20181 Last week after a delicious Erev Rosh Hashanah meal I made the offhand comment that among other things eating organic...
Politics A Gentle Reminder SimonSeptember 19, 20180 Be careful. The people who are predicting a Democrat landslide this November are the same ones who were predicted a...
Politics Good Question SimonSeptember 17, 20180 How do candidates for political office with obvious character flaws seem more real than bureaucrats with impeccable...
Maxims Markets and Morality SimonSeptember 10, 20180 "It is immoral to be in opposition to the market system and not live (somewhere in Vermont or Northwestern Afghanistan)...
Politics Prosperity SimonSeptember 5, 20180 The only Frank Lloyd Wright designed house in Oregon I just posted the word empirical in my Words Seldom Seem thread...
Maxims Bureaucracy SimonSeptember 3, 20180 Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her...