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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Made in China (not).

I found this analysis interesting particularly because it runs contrary of everything we’re told: What fraction of U.S. consumer spending goes for goods labeled “Made in China” and what fraction is spent on goods “Made in the USA”? The vast majority of goods and services sold in the United States are produced here. In 2010, [...]

The year of the Hack.

Vanity Fair recently had a pair of thorough exclusives regarding what are to date the most severe, costly and intrusive cyber-attacks in history. Some of these hacks were conducted by the anarchist groups Anonymous and LulzSec, but the really disturbing facet of the articles regard the Chinese government allegedly orchestrating highly sophisticated and successful security [...]

The point of Federalism.

Here’s a great excerpt from Andrew McCarthy: Say a governor and state legislature had enacted a scheme to establish a state religion, or at least to advantage one religion over others. One could argue that this was — or was not — unwise policy. It certainly seems as hostile to liberty as the idea of [...]

CIA drone killers a predictable irony.

In an article noting a gradual but measurable increase in CIA’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assassinate terrorists I was struck by how ironic, predictable and asinine was the criticism by human rights groups. [Wa. Post] About 20 percent of CIA analysts are now “targeters” scanning data for individuals to recruit, arrest or [...]

Never Forget

From the Esquire article. (Part 2 here). Is Jonathan Briley the Falling Man? He might be. But maybe he didn’t jump from the window as a betrayal of love or because he lost hope. Maybe he jumped to fulfill the terms of a miracle. Maybe he jumped to come home to his family. Maybe he [...]