Category Archives: Media Criticism
Does Stimulus Spending Work?
No one really knows, but probably not.
What I Saw At The Revolution
A report from the front lines:
In truth, those camped out in Zuccotti Park are running a commune more than a protest. They have established a small communitarian village, which is punctuated by a small cabal of the angry, the insane, and the ignorant. Nothing I have seen is representative of a serious movement, and even less is indicative of any substantive thought. John Maynard Keynes is nowhere to be seen; instead, Occupy Wall Street has become an irresistible magnet for performance artists with generic grievances, and those who consider Stéphane Hessell’s absurd pamphlet, Indignez vous!, to be a serious rallying cry. So prevalent are these types, in fact, that a significant portion of those in attendance might as well be wearing t-shirts announcing, I’m Only Here For The Drum Circle And Organic Arugula.
As he says, they’re not the 99%. They’re not even the one percent.
[Update a while later]
The children of la revolucion are eating their own.
Not Sure How Those Numbers Work
Apparently, the solution to our global wealth woes is to mount an expedition to Mars.
Just how does that happen again?
Step 1: Send folks to Mars
Step 2: …
Step 3: PROFIT!
It’s probably one of those “…and then a miracle occurs” things.
[Update a few minutes later]
Groundhog Day
Guy Benson reports on the president’s latest press conference, so you don’t have to have had to suffer through it:
In summary: Pass this bill. It’s paid for. Republicans have no ideas. Mitch McConnell controls Congress. Independent economists love it. Millionaires and billionaires. Fair share. Not my fault. Japanese Tsunamis. I didn’t know. Bush. Pah-kee-stahn. Pass this bill.
What is it he wants us to do with the bill again?
No Silencing At CBS
Sharyl Attkisson has a reassuring tweet about her Fast’n’Furious coverage.
The Socialist Dream
…never dies. It’s unfortunately a basic feature of human nature that requires logic to overcome, and it’s a battle for every generation.
Space Tourism
Modern rocket engines are much safer than the historical examples he cites (e.g., XCOR has never had a hard start, let alone an explosion), and it makes no sense that a single accident would end the industry, any more than deaths on Everest stop people from climbing.
The Wall Street Protesters’ Demands
A response.
This is the sort of thing I was referring to when I said that Democrats and the left are anti-economics.
Well, She Wasn’t Being “Reasonable”
Is CBS news silencing its own reporter over her “Fast’n’Furious” coverage?