Earlier this morning, I posted an article which essentially said that both those condemning the ‘coup’ in Honduras and those praising its new government were wrong. My opinion was that Honduras was right to get rid of Zelaya, but went about it the wrong way. Thanks to a helpful commenter, Viva Honduras Libre (whose very [...]
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A Better Response to Honduras
UPDATE: Please see my new article, “No ‘Coup’ in Honduras,” for a more complete look at the issues raised in this article. My initial thoughts regarding the actions by Honduran leaders were greatly revised upon learning that there is no mechanism for impeachment in the Honduran constitution. Everything else has been moved past the jump.
Chicken Little’s European Adventure
Secretary Paulson and Congressional leaders have no monopoly on market-damaging panic. Witness today’s article in the UK’s Telegraph, claiming that world financial markets are ‘falling into the abyss.’ The article shares blame around, but places most if it on German chancellor Angela Merkel for opposing the redistribution of wealth among European countries. A sample from [...]
The Crap Sandwich™: Now Fortified With Extra Porky Goodness! (Updated) (Updated Again)
Ug and double ug. The Senate bailout bill has grown to 451-pages of pork-laden [insert profanity here]. Instead of just the bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization, Division A, pages 1-113), the bill now also contains the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (Division B, pp. 113-261) and the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief [...]
Should McCain Have Known About Ifill’s Book?
My answer is no.
SpaceX is Going Around
Congratulations to Elon Musk’s SpaceX team. From the Wired blog discussing their feat: SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately built liquid rocket to orbit the Earth tonight, following in the footsteps of SpaceShipOne which became the first privately built crewed spaceship to fly suborbitally in October 2004. One other thing they both have in [...]
