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WSJ and Music

A recent WSJ article about Tom Petty and how he is perceived relative to his rocking “peers” caused me to instantly grimace thinking about the time a couple of years ago when I saw The...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 6 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: music
Real Medical Innovation, and Closed Systems

One of the biggest follies in the health care legislation is assuming that America is a “captive system” or a “closed system”. In these sorts of models (probably Hawaii is a...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 8 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: economics & finance
The Return of the Blob

Ever see the 1958 movie The Blob? Commenter George V, at this Neptunus Lex post, watched it during Halloween, and wrote a pretty funny comment. In the movie, quick-thinking citizens use CO2 fire...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 10 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: environment, film, humor
“You Got a License For That Toy?”

Some criminals in Australia are using toy guns to rob people. Well, why not? Gun control laws in Australia are, to my American eyes, rather severe and draconian. Only about one-in-twenty people own...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 18 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: crime and punishment, rkba
Industrial Park Wildlife

I have written many times about how amazing I think it is that wildlife can thrive in urban settings. In my industrial park I have seen all types of crazy things that seem certainly out of place....

Started in Chicago Boyz • 1 day ago • 0 responses
Tags: environment
Industrial Park Wildlife

Click photo for larger. I have written many times about how amazing I think it is that wildlife can thrive in urban settings. In my industrial park I have seen all types of crazy things that seem...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 1 day ago • 0 responses
The “Complex” Left vs. the “Simple” Right

Over at Hit&Run, there is a thread about how simplistic and empty Sarah Palin is compared to Obama or previous conservatives. Leaving out the fact that both Reagan and Goldwater suffered the same...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 3 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: human behavior, leftism, political philosophy
“An Evening of Counterinsurgency at the Pritzker Military Library”

Hearts and minds? Overrated. If you want to run a successful counterinsurgency, it all starts with the person at the top. On Thursday, December 3rd, Mark Moyar will appear at the Pritzker Military...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 3 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: book notes, military affairs, counterinsurgency, mark moyar
The “Complex” Left vs the “Simple” Right

Over at Hit&Run, there is a thread about how simplistic and empty Sarah Palin is compared to Obama or previous conservatives. Leaving out the fact that both Reagan and Goldwater suffered the same...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 3 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: human behavior, political philosophy
Since When Do Prosecutors Decide the Type of Trial?

In his post “Why Has Holder Decided to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Civilian Court?” [h/t Instapundit] Eric Poser says: Then what is the answer? It is surely this: the Obama...

Started in Chicago Boyz • 3 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: crime and punishment, law, leftism, politics, terrorism
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