Archive for April, 2009
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Dueling Headlines
Poll: Investigate interrogation tactics (UPI, on Gallup poll)
Most Americans oppose interrogation probe: poll (Reuters, on CBS/NYT poll)
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Free Ben & Jerry’s Today
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream – Scoop Shops – Free Cone Day
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
But Think of the Lost Jobs! (by Don Boudreaux)
Today is the 5th anniversary of the Café Hayek blog. One of the authors, Don Boudreaux, marks the date with a repost of his from the early days. The analysis is still apt today.
But Think of the Lost Jobs! (by Don Boudreaux):
50 years ago this month, Dr. Jonas Salk launched nationwide testing of his [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
What I’ve been working on lately
No more tickets for ‘Cabildo,’ being staged during FQF – Living/Lagniappe:
As dusk descended across Jackson Square on Thursday, April 16, the light softened in the courtyard of the Cabildo. On the hour, the bells of the St. Louis Cathedral offered the prelude for a magical and historic evening of music as Amy Beach’s opera “Cabildo” [...]
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Anne’s Apple Tart
We had my folks and David & Lauren & Rebekah over for dinner tonight. I grilled some steaks that Mom & Dad got at an auction in Beaumont (beautiful cuts of meat!); Anne made grilled asparagus, bake potatoes, Jello Easter Eggs, and this wonderful apple tart.
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
As they say on Fark, THIS!
Washington Times – LEESON: The benefits of failure :
LEESON: The benefits of failure
Why we should let some firms go belly up
Peter T. Leeson
Friday, April 3, 2009
In a market economy, business deaths are like death itself – an unfortunate but inevitable fact of life. However, recent government bailouts have tried to stop the inevitable by intervening [...]
