Starbucks Idea
I stopped at a Starbucks Coffee in Montclair, CA last week. I was on the way back from Mexico and needed a restroom...
Category: Simon Says
Advice from a Democrat
"No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive...
Avoiding Moral Hazard
Moral hazard occurs when someone insulated from risk behaves differently than they would behave if they were fully...
June 21, 2010 Maxim
The course of human history has always moved in the direction of greater freedom. Richard Ryan Quoted in Drive by...
Dam Wages
"How are you going to determine what the work is worth unless you begin thinking that a day's work is worth a certain...
World Cup Commentary
Football (soccer) is a great metaphor for life. Showing off my England Shirt but cheering for the USA We just...
Nanny State Alert
California is talking about banning trans fats in foods served in Restaurants. I smell Nanny State. A city in...
Diseconomies of Scale
We know about economies of scale from Adam Smith and the famous pin factory. As you make more of something the per...
Mystery Pod
I found this mystery pod on the ground outside Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. It turned out to be the dried...
The Goose Indicator
Here is a proposal for an economic indicator to consider. When geese are running wild around residential...
