Flares into Darkness

I think the endless discussion is missing one real possibility: that Craig may be telling the truth. It's hardly unknown for police to e...

'Tell me why you are here.' 'It has been decided that the Buddha must die.' 'That does not answer my question, however. ...

My apologies. Yesterday, for the first time in I don't know how long, I had absolutely no connection to the internet. I won't have m...

In comments on the Waiting for Fred post, Chuck noted: "I like what Fred says, but I have my doubts that he would be an effective pres...

This week, John Mauldin's Investor Insight continues to address the subprime crisis, albeit with a guest author. This weeks episode of ...

Rasmussen has a nice daily tracking summary which proves rather conclusively that an early start and a lot of hard pushing blather will gai...

This has been making the rounds, but is so good it bears repeating. Hats off to The Dissident Frogman .

Primordial Slack: In Praise of Public Servants : "If the world was a fair place, the sump-pumpers and bilge-bailers of this world would...

Try a hope based set of assumptions concerning growth in the labor force: Overall, the Bureau expects the labor force to grow from 147.4 mil...

The yen carry -trade is unraveling . ZTD —getting things done the minimal way. Make an average face . Did life begin on comets ? Columbia...

Maybe. If he is, then a careful reading of the Panic of '07 that leads MHA's post just below is in order. Mauldin calls for Buffet ...

The panic of 2007. (H/T Buddy Larsen) An awesome staircase . How to write a book . Saving the market or postponing doom? Egg city sculpt...

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Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and ...

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/20/07 BY KAREN E. WALL STAFF WRITER Post Comment Monica Oswald thought she had h...

A lot of decent links have been accumulating lately, so there are going to be biweekly links for at least the next two weeks. A speeding sta...

The stock market, moved initially by the subprime housing crunch, and then pushed further by what increasingly looks like a lot of bad finan...

In case you're bored tonight and haven't seen these, check out these two BBC mini-series. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Smiley's ...

Or, mebbee not . Well, if there wasn't a real panic today, maybe there will be one tomorrow. Except.... if mortgage defaults are going t...

Personal jet-packs (finally!) for sale. The BBC's Brain Story is available for free download . "He has no idea what it's like...