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By Will Offensicht | Jan 23, 2008 |
2
It's possible that nobody will ever be able to build anything of significance again.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
2
Government ought to be able to help the economy - assuming that politicians want the economy to grow and assuming that the government is able to do what the politicians promise.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 18, 2008 |
29
We don't disparage the motives of politicians, they have the same motives we do. We don't distrust the motives of bureaucrats, we trust them all too well.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 16, 2008 |
19
Why can't we Americans buy cheap cars? The cheapest car in the US costs about $20,000, about 8 times the cost of Tata's offering.
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By Hobbes | Dec 17, 2007 |
5
Reuters reports trouble at the North Pole.
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By Hobbes | Oct 26, 2007 |
1
It's a far better thing, as well as much easier, for government to act to prevent a disaster, or at least to warn residents loudly and clearly of the potential consequences of their foolish choices.
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By Will Offensicht | Oct 18, 2007 |
0
These bridges have needed fixing for 25 years and they're still operating?
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By Hobbes | Oct 1, 2007 |
9
Inspecting IDs is a waste of time and money, but it's ideal from the bureaucratic point of view because it doesn't solve the problem.
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By Will Offensicht | Aug 24, 2007 |
0
"It is the duty of every officer of His Majesty's Navy, to discharge powder and shot in the general direction of the enemy."