Monthly Archives: February 2009

Two Links on the Stimulus that is now Law, 2/26/09

I don’t want to spend too much time on this, but the amount of mis­in­for­ma­tion I’m encoun­ter­ing on US gov’t spend­ing is reach­ing ridicu­lous pro­por­tions. The two arti­cles on the now-old-news stim­u­lus I par­tic­u­larly like are: Why the Stim­u­lus Plan Won’t Work, and Sev­eral Ideas that Might: fta — Will the goods and ser­vices in the …

February 26, 2009 – 1:52 pm | By ashok | Posted in links | Comments (1)

John Derbyshire’s “How Radio Wrecks the Right” is a waste of time

1. Short take: ugh, don’t read his arti­cle, it’s a waste of time and indi­rectly sup­ports his poorly pre­sented idi­otic views. I’m writ­ing because bet­ter con­ser­v­a­tive media exists: that’s what this blog is. 2. John Derbyshire’s “How Radio Wrecks the Right” has some sig­nif­i­cant flaws. I didn’t really want to write on it — I had …

February 25, 2009 – 12:26 pm | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged | Comments (9)

Links, 2/24/09

Should all devel­op­ment aid to Africa be halted? (h/t aldaily) Ario’s encounter with a fox speaks for itself. 250,000 $1 checks are sup­posed to stim­u­late the econ­omy. No com­ment necessary.

February 24, 2009 – 2:40 pm | By ashok | Posted in links | Comments (0)

It’s getting done.

Things are mov­ing faster now — an impor­tant sec­tion of the dis­ser­ta­tion is “com­plete.” I say that because while I don’t think it reads well at all, I’m writ­ing more as we speak and that sec­tion is most cer­tainly the antecedent of every idea in this newest sec­tion. The feel­ing that dis­tracts me the most: …

February 20, 2009 – 4:58 am | By ashok | Posted in personal | Comments (2)

Links, 2/19/09

Pen­sion funds are about to implode all over the US, because “socially respon­si­ble” invest­ing is not the same thing as “good” invest­ing. This nytimes pro­file of bas­ket­ball player Shane Bat­tier is really good, as it encour­ages think­ing about what sta­tis­tics exactly — if any — deter­mine how much a player is doing for his team. Wikipedia …

February 19, 2009 – 4:34 am | By ashok | Posted in links | Comments (0)