Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 58

Economic misterminology: recessions that never end

When we remove causes and effects from our descriptions of economic events, such as recessions, we lose our ability to change for the better.

Who creates more jobs, Democrats or Republicans?

More jobs are created under gridlock than under unified governments. However, this only applies if Republicans hold at least one of the House or Senate.

The Best of Henry Kuttner

The Ballantine Classic Library of Science Fiction is uniformly great; but, as you might guess from the title of this blog, the Henry Kuttner volume is especially worth searching out.

Should we hold regular elections for Supreme Court Justices?

Electing Supreme Court Judges creates more national elections at a time when the nationalization of politics is already one of the biggest drivers of contentiousness in elections.

Capitalism is not an ism

Capitalism is not a system—it’s just what people do when they get together peacefully. When people complain about capitalism, they’re really saying that they want more power over what people do when they get together peacefully.

Apple TV review

The Apple TV brings app-store functionality to the big screen. It beats the hell out of all built-in Smart TV interfaces I’ve seen. I’ve not only cut the cord with cable television, I’ve cut the cord with all monthly fees.

The Epaminondas Campaign

The Democrats live like the plantation classes of Sparta and the pre-civil-war South. This is their strength until it is challenged, when it becomes their weakness.

Why does the EpiPen cost so much?

With Mylan raising the cost of the EpiPen even as the EpiPen enters the public domain, people are complaining—but they’re complaining in ways that will raise health costs even more.

Florence Foster Jenkins is Hillary Clinton

There are too many coincidences to avoid the conclusion that Florence Foster Jenkins, the movie, is a satirical attack on the relationship between Hillary Rodham Clinton and her sexless partnership with the press.

An outdated code of conduct

This social code once stood at the entrance to the Washington Post.