Bookworm on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism
This is the beauty of the marketplace: American Apparel can use its advertisements for clothes to advance a political agenda that urges us to dissolve our borders (which probably makes a wholesome change from the semi-pornographic ads it ran before) and I can refuse ever to buy these clothes, and urge all of you not [...]
Bookworm on Jan 15 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Capitalism, Identity politics, Multiculturalism
I’m still enjoying every page of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, and I thought I’d share with you a few more points that I thought either summed up perfectly something most of us have already figured out or explained why [...]
Bookworm on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Capitalism
Did you know that when the Puritans first arrived in America, they set up a commune? I didn’t, but that’s what John Stossel says happened:
When the Pilgrims first settled the Plymouth Colony, they organized their farm economy along communal lines. The goal was to share everything equally, work and produce.
As with all exercises in Communism, [...]
Bookworm on Aug 20 2007 | Filed under: Capitalism, Europe, Islam
I am routinely thankful for my good blog friends, many of whom help me find interesting stuff in the blogosphere that I might otherwise miss. Since this was a busy, busy weekend, and since I have the kids for another few days before school starts, I can assure you that, had Earl not given [...]
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