About 230 years or so after Adam Smith, the Associated Press stumbles into a little bit of economic reality:
It's hard to feel sorry for well-heeled shoppers whose idea of tough economic times is passing on $1,000 Burberry raincoats or that $300 limo ride while the working poor skimp on vegetables and take the bus.
Whether you think global warming is an impeding disaster or a cruel hox, you might want to check out Climate Debate Daily, which has taken up the mission of presenting the best arguments from both sides:
Climate Debate Daily is intended to deepen our understanding of disputes over climate change and the human contribution to it. The site links to scientific articles, news stories, economic studies, polemics, historical articles, PR releases, editorials, feature commentaries, and blog entries.
Gov. Schwarzenegger's health-care plan collapsed for the same reason similar plans have failed in other states:
An independent analysis confirmed the plan would be far more expensive than proponents admitted. Even under the most favorable assumptions, spending would outpace revenue by $354 million after two years, and likely $3.9 billion or more. "A situation that I thought was bad," Mr. Perata noted, "in fact was worse."
Most people are shocked when they first discover that inmates don't really serve the sentences they are given. Because of the "good time" credits they earn and other incentives, even violent felons can get out in less than half the time they are sentenced to. So this seems like a good idea:
State prison inmates would be required to serve 85 percent of their sentences under legislation the House approved Monday night.
There is the real possibility certainty that we will have a presidential race this year in which I don't think either of the candidates would be especially good for the country. If that happens to you, what's your solution?
1. Vote for the least objectionable candidate, on the theory that there must be a redeeming quality lurking somewhere, such as which judicial candidates might be appointed.
2. Sit this one out and refuse to be responsible in any way for the harm that is sure to come to the country.
The "abortion information" bill was approved by the Indiana Senate 39-9, but some changes were made. It was going to say that women considering an abortion must be told that a fetus feels pain. But now:
Women seeking an abortion would be told that there is differing medical evidence about whether a fetus feels pain under legislation approved by the Senate 39-9 today.
It's nice to see a Hoosier can bounce back from a scandal:
Former Bush administration official Randall Tobias appears to have landed on his feet after being identified as a customer of the so-called "D.C. Madam."
Tobias, who resigned last spring from his senior State Department position citing "personal reasons," is in line to run the Indianapolis Airport Authority, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday.
Gimme that lunch, kid!
School lunchboxes could soon be monitored by dinner ladies to ensure children are eating healthy meals, ministers said.
Under the Government's obesity strategy, all schools will be expected to design a "healthy lunchbox policy" on what makes a nutritional packed lunch over the next year.
As long as there are governments, there will be ever-more exotic ways to raise revenues and/or taxes:
The primary process is winnowing the list of candidates nicely, and it looks like we're going to have the presidential race many of us had hoped for, Ronald Reagan vs. John F. Kennedy:
