Showing posts with label great depression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great depression. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Headlines: December 9, 2008

Mayors Say They Want 'Build-Out,' Not Bailout: Mayors push infrastructure projects and recovery plans.

Reparations, R.I.P.: Cause of death: 9/11, public opinion, and the courts

Mangan: Empire of Debt

Human Rights Commission: "Kill the Christian" Lyrics that's OK but Criticize Homosexuality NO WAY

The Disaster Called the New Deal

Lessons From the Great Books Generation: Our culture now resists the idea of a canon.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Headlines: December 5, 2008

Historic Progress in Iraq

Kissinger: ‘Great Progress Has Been Made in Iraq’

A Japanese General Rewrites the Past: The story of World War II varies by country.

Apocryphal Washington Quotation?

Josh Hamilton's testimony

Brian Welch's testimony

Climate history may explain empires' fall - study

The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique

2008 will be coolest year of the decade: Global average for 2008 should come in close to 14.3C, but cooler temperature is not evidence that global warming is slowing, say climate scientists

Higgs: Banking Act of 1935 + Fed’s Exercise of This Authority = New Deal Policy

"Satellite readings of temperatures in the lower troposphere (an area scientists predict would immediately reflect any global warming) show no warming since readings began 23 years ago. These readings are accurate to within 0.01ÂșC, and are consistent with data from weather balloons. Only land-based temperature stations show a warming trend, and these stations do not cover the entire globe, are often contaminated by heat generated by nearby urban development, and are subject to human error."

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Headlines: December 2, 2008

Mumbai attacks: US intelligence warned India a strike from Pakistani group was planned
US intelligence passed warnings to India that Pakistan-based terrorists would infiltrate its territory by sea to attack Mumbai (formerly Bombay) landmarks, including the Taj Mahal hotel, officials have told American television.

US states to ask Obama for funds to fight recession

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency

U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack: NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections

Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault
Terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60-hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fight.

The Rabbi and the Terrorist

Stealth Jihad

Obama as Hoover: The Importance of Storytelling

Heroes At The Taj: After a terrifying day, one eyewitness thanks his saviors.

Does God Bind or Unleash the King?

Spengler: China’s six-to-one advantage over the US

Other People's Children: We know what's best

The Irony of American Politics: A reissued Reinhold Niebuhr classic sheds light on current follies.

2000: Paul Johnson on Rothbard

Monday, December 1, 2008

Headlines: December 1, 2008

Peters: DEVILS IN MUMBAI: MESSAGES FROM A MASSACRE

The camps where militants learn to commit atrocities around the globe

Will: Same Old New Deal?

Why Are Wages Low in Developing Countries?

Pentagon to detail military to bolster security: Plan would dedicate 20,000 uniformed troops inside U.S. by 2011

Klein: Off the Table

Lost IllusionsWhat really happened in Mumbai.

Russell Roberts: What You Need to Know about the Bailout (video)

Practice, Practice: A bold quest to master Mozart and survive a public performance.

Mumbai: Doctors shocked at hostages's torture

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Headlines: November 30, 2008

Jacoby: The UN's obsession with demonizing Israel

Schlaes: The Krugman Recipe for Depression: Massive government spending is no solution to unemployment.

The Evolution of Terror

Nobody's Ever Been in Pittsburgh (Obama suddenly seeing the wisdom of many of Bush's policies)

Monday, November 24, 2008

Headlines: November 24, 2008

Obama Will Get Stimulus Bill First Day, Democrats Say (Update1)

U.S. approves plan to help Citigroup weather losses

IRAQ'S NEW DAWN: VICTORY ACROSS THE BOARD MICHAEL YON

The New Deal Didn’t Always Work, Either

HENTOFF: New president, more abortions

Obama to act swiftly on economy - 1st presser (video)

Fed Pledges Top $7.4 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit (Update1)

21st Century Welfare Queens

The price of dissent on global warming

Sorry saga of Hicks supporters

Letter exposes Iran's assistance to al-Qaeda

What a Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do: Why the U.S. needs a space-based missile defense against an EMP attack.

When Even Good News Worsens a Panic: Despite hysteria, credit default swaps won't wreck the economy.

Keynote Address by U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey - Prepared Remarks

A near-riot and parliament besieged: Iceland boiling mad at credit crunch

Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts

Archive: The Holy Land Foundation saga

Holy Land investigation dates back to 1993

Both sides of the Holy Land Foundation case

2007: Housing woes take bigger toll on economy than expected: Paulson

United States housing bubble

Friday, October 31, 2008

Headlines: October 31, 2008

Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases

Bailout funds being spent in ways Congress never foresaw

U.S. deaths in Iraq on track for record low

Paul Johnson: Can We Afford Liberalism Now?

MIT scientists baffled by global warming theory, contradicts scientific data

Don't Just Do Something. Stand There.

The richest Jew in Damascus, 1816

2004: Sitting on a String

"Look at the adjusted monetary base. This monetary component is the one that the Federal Reserve System controls. It reveals the FED’s holdings of assets, mainly U.S. government debt certificates. The monetary base is what Friedman has called high-powered money."

The Adventures of Baracchio: Episode 2