Revenge of the bankrupt pensioners

This (via O&M), if true, is serious news. People should know that they are taking a risk when they invest their money somewhere. You can’t kidnap and torture your financial advisor just because he didn’t give you sound advise. I know I shouldn’t be laughing. But I simply can’t help it. The whole story seems [...]

Statolatry and chaos

I was reading Ludwig von Mises’ “Planned Chaos” (also available from FEE) when I moved to his “Memoirs” some days back. This book is 90 odd pages of rhetoric, an unmasking of the “peaceful” nature of the Welfare State, a critique of interventionism and the “command economy” – a “planned” economy, and discusses the motives [...]

The style of a soul

“What’s the matter with both of you, Ellsworth? Why such talk—over nothing at all? People’s faces and first impressions don’t mean a thing.” “That, my dear Kiki,” he answered, his voice soft and distant, as if he were giving an answer, not to her, but to a thought of his own, “is one of our [...]

China

As has been known for a few weeks now, China is forcing PC manufacturers to install a particular internet filter software on all pcs sold in the country. The reason given is pornography. Apart from the very distinct possibility that the software supplied by the government has been stolen from a US software company, the [...]

For whatever it is worth

Remember the case of the 13-year girl who was strip-searched by her school? The US Supreme Court has ruled that the action was unconstitutional. If teachers have to be told by the Supreme Court that such acts are illegal, one really wonders about the intelligence and lack of common sense in the people involved. Idiots.