The case against it.
Category Archives: Business
The Wisconsin Protests
…and the new medical ethics.
How Bad A Shape Is The Music Industry In?
I’m having trouble working up much angst about this. But then, I’ve never been a fan of Big Music.
People will continue to make music, and sell it. But they’ll have to rely more on talent than hype, and few will get as unreasonably rich as they did in the past on it. More will be doing it because they want to make music. And the general collectivist inclination of political contributions of the industry and individual “artists” (to use the term loosely in many cases)) is just a bonus.
That Missing Post From Yesterday
…returns this morning, over at Pajamas Media — what is the right analogy for the battle of Madison?
Note that I’ve added in the comments here that slipped in to the other post before I unpublished it yesterday.
[Afternoon update]
Yes, I got the sequence of Jutland and Lusitania confused. Mea culpa.
How To Save $1.4T
Eh, but who cares what the Congressional Budget Office things? What do they know? I mean, just because their word was gospel when the Democrats fed the garbage in last year?
Can’t Happen Soon Enough
Is the higher-education bubble on the verge of popping?
Desperation
The administration is asking the judge who declared the health-care law unconstitutional to order it to be implemented.
I’d say good luck with that, but I’d be lying.
[Update a while later]
It’s not just the mandate. Just in case the bill survives the Supreme Court, the waivers are unconstitutional as well. These would seem to be a slam dunk from an equal protection standpoint. It’s government by fiat, and rule of men rather than law. Which is the only kind that works for the White House, because the people sure don’t want it.
Who Would Have Thought?
There are documentation problems at NASA. It’s endemic to the industry. It’s one of the causes of high costs. And failures. Be sure to read the comments.
One of the advantages that SpaceX has is that with a tightly integrated co-located team, the knowledge is much more accessible, though individuals become more critical
Behind The Scenes
…of the Atlas Shrugged movie:
And an interview with the screenwriter and producer:
“I’m Starting To Think It’s Time To Panic”
Thoughts on the unsustainable deficit, from Megan McArdle. And once again, the president demonstrates that he’s the opposite of a mensch.
Speaking of which, Barack Obama’s foreign policy debacle.
[Update a few minutes later]