Bookworm on Oct 13 2009 | Filed under: Capitalism, Climate change
Tweet Okay, Steven Chu wasn’t as explicit as my post caption suggests. Nevertheless, buried within his peculiar remarks about companies deserting the U.S. Chamber of Congress is a profound disdain for the American way of doing business: Our energy secretary applauds and encourages companies to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its position on [...]
Bookworm on Aug 19 2009 | Filed under: Capitalism, Health
Tweet I have a question: what are “profits” and why do so many people associate “profit” with something bad? Oh, I understand the envy mentality that says, “if someone is earning profits, it’s unfair and I demand my fair share.” I also understand the entitlement mentality of people that say, “I have a right to [...]
Bookworm on Aug 07 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism
Tweet As you may recall, I said at the beginning of the summer that I was going to introduce capitalism into the house by giving my children big chores with meaningful rewards. This plan worked fairly well. It wasn’t quite the juggernaut I’d hoped for, with the kids taking care of all the backlog in [...]
Don Quixote on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism, Children, personal responsibility, Welfare
Tweet Here in California, the hands-free cell phone law went into effect July 1. (By the way, does anyone know whether there was an actual increase in traffic accidents after cell phones became popular?) This morning, I heard a story that said that 1,800 fires and dozens of injuries resulted from fireworks last year. Of course, [...]
Bookworm on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism
Tweet 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 [...]
Bookworm on Jan 15 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Capitalism, Identity politics, Liberal Fascism, Multiculturalism
Tweet 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 I’d [...]
Bookworm on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Capitalism
Tweet 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 [...]
Bookworm on Aug 20 2007 | Filed under: Capitalism, Europe, Islam
Tweet 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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