Archive for April, 2011
Clearing the Browser Tabs – The New Newsletter Hotness Wednesday Edition
I’m not going to say that an e-mail newsletter can change your life, but in rare cases they can just make the internet more useful and cool. Melissa Clouthier, who is slowly taking over social media one platform at a time, has launched a newsletter that does both of those things. It’s special for two [...]
Ezra Klein’s “Let It Ride” Plan is A Quick Trip to Cloud Cuckoo Land
I can not imagine a blogger that does less with more than the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein. All he has to do is occasionally put up a random chart with nice pretty lines that end right about where he wants them to end and write a few paragraphs that sound like serious policy proposals and, [...]
Fifty Years in Space, But Will We See More?
I find it amazing that the entire history of manned spaceflight can very nearly fit within my own lifetime. Today marks two important anniversaries in mankind’s attempt to explore the vast universe outside our own world. Rand Simberg gives us the details. Tomorrow will be the fiftieth anniversary of the first time a human orbited the [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Yet Another DC Mayor Locked Up Tuesday Edition
At the very top of the list of reasons I could never live in Washington, DC is the mind-boggling dysfunction of its government. Crime is rampant, the school system is an utter failure, its subway system is a national joke, yet Mayor Vincent Gray and members of the City Council found plenty of time in [...]
The President’s Budget: A Metaphor, Not A Scary Serial Killer Weapon.
Here come the President’s budget plan and — surprise! — its chief weapon will be an overused scary metaphor. President Obama this week will lay out a new approach to reducing the nation’s soaring debt, proposing reductions in spending on entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid and renewing his call for tax increases on the [...]
Tax the Rich? Well, Okay. Let’s Start with Peter Orszag and His Revolving Door Friends
I’m not fan of tax increases, but I think I can get behind Glenn Reynolds’ plan. A 50% surtax on anything earned within five years after leaving the federal government, above whatever the federal salary was. Leave a $150K job at the White House, take a $1M job with Goldman, Sachs, pay a $425K surtax. [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – After the Prelude, the Real Fights Begin Monday Edition
So now that the Republicans cleaned up the budget mess left by the Democrats, and gave them a sharp swat on the bum for good measure, we can turn our attention to the large matters before us. Congress is going to have the settle the matter of the debt limit and, if you thought that [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – The Playoffs are Set Sunday Edition
My beloved Washington Capitals will face the New York Rangers in the first round of the NHL playoffs. I really didn’t want the Caps to face the Rangers, since they didn’t fare well against them in the regular season, but no one gets to pick their playoff opponent. The Carolina Hurricanes had a chance to [...]
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