Amazon’s stock hasn’t been doing to well since they announced free shipping on orders above $49 dollars. Now, Bezos and the gang have dropped the limit to $25. They must be feeling the hit from Buy.com. A free shipping war isn’t what’s needed for a company trying to be profitable.
“Opinion: Amazon’s Slow, […]
Rudy Giuliani on what should be done with Ground Zero:
The site should primarily be set aside as a memorial, not covered with office buildings for commerce. It is a burial ground and a historic site people will want to see 100 years from now.
He wants a library and museum on the site.
“Giuliani Reveals Thoughts […]
There’s a report floating around the Pentagon listing the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) Iraq has. Sources say Iraq has battle-ready chemical weapons. That’s not a surprise, since Saddam has a history of using them in battle against Iran and on Kurdish Iraqis. Sources won’t say how far Iraq is from building […]
Ronald Bailey reports on the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. As Bailey puts it “many of the measures favored by negotiators and activists would increase poverty, not alleviate it.”
“A Summit Misconceived”
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Courtesy of ScrappleFace (what’s with that name?): Top 10 Reasons to Criminalize Homeschooling. My favorite is
Children who receive one-on-one homeschooling will learn more than others, giving them an unfair advantage in the marketplace. This is undemocratic.
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Time to have some fun with Gar Smith, editor of The Edge. In an interview with CNSNews.com, Smith showed off his wacko, radical environmentalist beliefs.
On poverty, Smith said,
The idea that people are poor doesn’t mean that they are not living good lives.
Smith doesn’t mention the life expectancy in the poorest parts of Africa: Sierra […]
The White House thinks it doesn’t need Congressional approval to attack Iraq. Fine, but things would go smoother politically if Bush asked for a resolution (or a declaration of war for us old fashion types).
On a related note, Vice President Cheney made the case for war with Iraq. “We will not simply look […]
John Hawkins catches law professor Jonathan Turley in a rather large exaggeration. John even got Turley to help him out.
“Does John Ashcroft’s ‘Camp Plan‘ Actually Exist?”
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Yuval Levin reviewed Capitalism and Commerce (not yet published). Levin calls it “a full-throated defense of the capitalist worldview,” but mentions that capitalism does not create the values that allow free markets to flourish.
“The Moral Case for Capitalism”
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We’re at the point where using the word “Africa” to sell something is consider “insensitive.” No one is saying it’s wrong; it’s just insensitive. The McAfrika hamburger is a marketing failure not because of the complaints from the P.C. crowd. It doesn’t work because it’s a stupid name. When I think of […]
The great Bernard Lewis delves into why Osama bin Laden is still popular in the Arab world. His popularity comes from deep in Arab folklore.
In the Middle East as in Europe, there is a strong tradition of bandit heroes, challenging authority and eluding capture. The tradition is indeed longer and stronger than in Europe, […]
Weird story of the day:
Zac Monro played a mean guitar as he jumped on an outdoor stage in northern Finland, but he didn’t even strike a chord.
As the red sun set behind the dark fir trees, he changed tactics and rolled on his back while thrashing madly with his hands–enough to give him the […]
A group at Baylor University say adult stem cells (ASC) may not be a flexible at transforming into other cells as once believed. Research as shown that embryonic stem cells (ESC) also have their problems, but it gives ammunition to backers of (ESC). This is just one groups of scientists and their anecdotal […]
Donald Sensing of One Hand Clapping is correcting webloggers he felt took far too much from the controversy surrounding Millennium Challenge 2002. He writes that the exercise was rigged, and that’s not a problem.
Well, duh. It was supposed to be. If it hadn’t been it would have been a colossal waste of money.
Paul Van […]
Brothers Judd, thanks for the generous link to my post on Tom DeLay’s great speech.
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