Remember how Reagan claimed he brought down The Iron Curtain? He claimed that by bringing The Soviet Union into the arms race, he bankrupted them and led to their collapse. Personally, I think Reagan was full of shit. I've been to The Soviet Union, and I saw first hand how stupid their economic policies were. It wasn't Reagan; they did it to ( Read more... )

Thinking about health care? This article in The Washington Post has a few interesting things to say ( Read more... )

I've read articles on illegal music downloading off and on. Some say it's bad, some say it's "freedom," others just study it. One thing is clear to me, though. There has been a sea change in the way music is produced and distributed. The big music companies, whether you support them or not, seem to misunderstand the magnitude of the internet's ( Read more... )