Current Events Archive
Do corporations deserve the same legal protections as people?
This is a conversation from Facebook. My philosopher friend Stephan Pernar joined the group called "Corporations are not people." In response I asked:
What essential difference does it make whether corporations "are" people, when they are ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 5 Comments »
Marco Rubio looks like a very interesting young politician
January 6, 2010 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Thanks to Andrew for the heads-up about this guy. Judging from this video, he seems to be well-spoken, classy, and promoting values I can agree with.
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism
John does an excellent job, here, of explaining the theme he's been promoting in recent years.
I particularly like what he conveys in the first few minutes. I'm more ambivalent about the idea of businesses having ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Jon Stewart: The Audacity of Hos
Hilarious.
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Inflation on the horizon (and why it matters)
May 12, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Lately I've become very interested in the subject of monetary inflation. It's well worth boning up on the subject today, because it sounds like inflation will be coming back with a vengeance, starting sometime in ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 6 Comments »
Do not miss Bill Whittle’s PJTV response to Jon Stewart
This response to Jon Stewart by Bill Whittle is so incredibly good that I decided to become a paid PJTV subscriber, strictly to help support their new business model.
(If you've not seen the full ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Are you a right-wing extremist?
Drudge has had two headlines today that are just delicious together.
First, we learn that the Department of Homeland Security has sent out a nine-page document warning local law enforcement officers that the economic recession, the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Stop spending our future
April 8, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
A great video from Reason.tv.
Posted by Joshua Zader · No Comments »
Daniel Hannan: The Rise of a Free Market Star
March 27, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
After my post "Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?" I looked up Hannan on YouTube to see what else he's been up to, besides his regular blog on the Telegraph web site.
I appears the public flogging ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 24 Comments »
Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?
March 25, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Via Drudge, this is rich:
More like this, please.
Additional backstory from Hannan himself, here.
Posted by Joshua Zader · 2 Comments »
