Debt. You don’t like it. I don’t like it. No one likes it. And yet, without it, much of the prosperity and technological progress we rely upon would not be possible. Finance and the power of compound interest has thrust our economy forward faster than any in history. Yet, compound interest is not a tool […]
Archives for August 2011
Darth Cheney, unleashed.
August 30, 2011 by
Dick Cheney’s memoir, “In My Time,” is out today. As Daniel Henninger at the WSJ says No one should have expected that Dick Cheney’s memoir would be anything but frank. Make that brutally frank. Such as this characterization of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s description to President George W. Bush of her proposed nuclear-weapons agreement with […]
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August 30, 2011 by
Rick Perry? Jim Carrey? Separated at Birth?
August 29, 2011 by
You gotta admit it. This pose… looks remarkably a lot like this pose…
Bohemian Brewery & Grill: Sprechen ze Good Food?
August 27, 2011 by
If it were to be judged solely on the service, then Bohemian Brewery & Grill would earn a “Two Thumbs Up” and a Gold Star, too. Add food to the equation, and I doubt the score would change. Within seconds of walking into the Bohemian for the first time, I was greeted with a smile, […]
Crown Burger: The King of Second South
August 26, 2011 by
On the one hand, there are a lot of burger joints out there, and it takes a bit to rise above the pack. On the other hand, how hard is it to mess up ground beef? Well, I’ll let you answer that latter one for yourself, because I think it’s clear that there are still […]
The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming…
August 25, 2011 by
Remember Red Dawn? You know: height of the Cold War, the Russians attack, and a bunch of teenagers fight back? (or something vaguely like that). The Russians have a better idea for taking over North America, and no one’s going to get shot in the process. Russia has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the […]
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