Archive for 2011

December 15, 2011 04:50

The Media Obsession with and Abuse of Polls

Polls have something to offer for everyone’s liking. Statistics can be massaged to make the point that the analyst wants. But there are different kinds of polls.

December 15, 2011 04:47

The Media Obsession with and Abuse of Polls

Polls have something to offer for everyone’s liking. Statistics can be massaged to make the point that the analyst wants. But there are different kinds of polls.

December 14, 2011 19:22

This Is How Mitt Romney Actually Made All His Money

A significant chunk of Romney’s portfolio is tied up in Bain investments, and he continues to receive millions from his retirement package.

December 14, 2011 19:15

Obama is the Jobs Grinch

It’s not a very merry Christmas for Americans left jobless by Obama’s anti-capitalism policies.

December 14, 2011 17:45

Obama and the corruptocrats make Navy pay quadruple for “green” fuel

Spending four times as much for biofuels may impress the Democratic Party’s environmentalist special interests. But to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong Il, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other U.S. adversaries, it will be a sign of weakness and an invitation for aggression.

December 14, 2011 17:01

Stop in the Name of Private Property

Experts who follow this subject closely have described SOPA as the most draconian and egregious in the history of copyright enforcement. It would permit any plaintiff to presume the backing of the state to effectively shut down any website on complaint alone, and it would instill such a chilling atmosphere of fear that what we now call digital freedom would come to an end.

December 14, 2011 17:01

Stop in the Name of Private Property

Experts who follow this subject closely have described SOPA as the most draconian and egregious in the history of copyright enforcement. It would permit any plaintiff to presume the backing of the state to effectively shut down any website on complaint alone, and it would instill such a chilling atmosphere of fear that what we now call digital freedom would come to an end.

December 14, 2011 11:07

Obama abandons governing for cynical politics