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By Will Offensicht | Jan 29, 2008 |
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Crackpots are thick on the ground and we can't fund them all. How do we decide which upcoming genius/crackpot to fund? Einstein didn't have any peers; he would never have passed "peer review."
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 25, 2008 |
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GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.
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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 | Nov 30, 2007 |
4
It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.
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By Will Offensicht | Nov 5, 2007 |
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Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.
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By Hobbes | Oct 26, 2007 |
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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.