Tuesday, March 31, 2015
How Growers Gamed California’s Drought
Water prices were kept artificially low via subsidies - and the result was shortages. It has come as Governor Moonbeam - aka Jerry Brown - has ordered absurd reductions in consumption where market-oriented policies are the real answer.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
How Islamists Infiltrate British Democracy
The same way other terrorist ideologies do - by lying about themselves. The "Muslim vote" has suddenly become an issue in European elections, this despite no credibility to Muslim "concerns."
Obama's Inaccurate 14 Million Claim
Obama claims over 14 million people gained health coverage because of Obamacare. The actual data though shows no such increase - and increases that did happen likely did so because of regular market action, not because of Obamacare. The fact Obamacare isn't working is something about which Obama remains in denial.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Iran and the Lessons of History
Obama refuses to remember the failure of Jimmy Carter, and his speech to Iranians displayed how foolish he is.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
The Folly Of Social Advantages
Government thinks it can equalize social "advantages," yet no explanation why it should has any credibility.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Market Economics And Wages
Target stores recently raised their wages. Some liberals are claiming politics is the reason. As always it isn't politics, it's market economics. Target's wages rose in response to a rise in Walmart wages, yet another sign that it's markets that work.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Football Convicted Of.......Nothing
NOTE: The following was first published on February 5, 2013:
Junior Seau's suicide was the latest indictment of football as a sport that's killing its participants due to concussions. Seau's autopsy showed no brain damage, though a later examination apparently established the presence of CTE - aka brain degeneration. The study of concussions has produced more assumption than hard fact, shown in criticism of Deion Sanders when he defended the safety of the game following Super Bowl XLVII. Sanders' point is shown in more frequent head injuries in soccer and football-related brain injury deaths, averaging 20 per year in the 1960s, is in effect gone from the game, and even this may be overselling the danger. The fact is Sanders is right - football is a safe game.
FOLLOW-UP, June 3, 2014: The initial lawsuit against the NFL was settled before the 2013 season with a $765 million payout to former players; the lawyers initially wanted $2 billion, but settled for less than half as their case wasn't credible enough to win all of it. The $765 million could likely have been negotiated without any lawsuit threat. Now a follow-up lawsuit has supposedly been filed; Dan Marino was reported (on June 2) to be involved but this was followed by a report that he withdrew the next day. Amid this, PBS aired a "documentary" based on the book League Of Denial - but the evidence about concussions and danger to players isn't as solid as the media portrays it. There is also what the November 2012 International Conference On Concussion In Sport stated.
FOLLOW-UP, March 18, 2015: The sudden retirement of 49ers player Chris Borland after one season has stirred up more debate about football risk, as Borland cited concern over head injuries (this despite having no recognizable head injuries from his brief career) and in effect smeared the safety of the game on Outside The Lines, which led to a Steelers team doctor defending the game's safety, a defense nicely examined by Mike Florio and also this Jerry Thornton piece about coaching youth football.
Junior Seau's suicide was the latest indictment of football as a sport that's killing its participants due to concussions. Seau's autopsy showed no brain damage, though a later examination apparently established the presence of CTE - aka brain degeneration. The study of concussions has produced more assumption than hard fact, shown in criticism of Deion Sanders when he defended the safety of the game following Super Bowl XLVII. Sanders' point is shown in more frequent head injuries in soccer and football-related brain injury deaths, averaging 20 per year in the 1960s, is in effect gone from the game, and even this may be overselling the danger. The fact is Sanders is right - football is a safe game.
FOLLOW-UP, June 3, 2014: The initial lawsuit against the NFL was settled before the 2013 season with a $765 million payout to former players; the lawyers initially wanted $2 billion, but settled for less than half as their case wasn't credible enough to win all of it. The $765 million could likely have been negotiated without any lawsuit threat. Now a follow-up lawsuit has supposedly been filed; Dan Marino was reported (on June 2) to be involved but this was followed by a report that he withdrew the next day. Amid this, PBS aired a "documentary" based on the book League Of Denial - but the evidence about concussions and danger to players isn't as solid as the media portrays it. There is also what the November 2012 International Conference On Concussion In Sport stated.
FOLLOW-UP, March 18, 2015: The sudden retirement of 49ers player Chris Borland after one season has stirred up more debate about football risk, as Borland cited concern over head injuries (this despite having no recognizable head injuries from his brief career) and in effect smeared the safety of the game on Outside The Lines, which led to a Steelers team doctor defending the game's safety, a defense nicely examined by Mike Florio and also this Jerry Thornton piece about coaching youth football.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Kerry’s Accidental Admission on Assad
Liveshot Kerry admitted in 2011 the Assads were enemies of the West - and Obama continues to pursue nonexistent diplomatic solutions with them.
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