by Mike Kimel A Question About Apple My wife has been an Apple user for a long time. I on the other hand have tended to avoid purchasing Apple products for myself – I just cannot get around the concept of a single button on a mouse, nor why I should be interested in buying […]
by Mike Kimel Wrong v. Mark Steyn Wrong Every so often I come across one or another columnist or tv personality making some Steyn’s latest! ( Mark Steyn ) If you had buttonholed me in the Senate men’s room circa 2003 and told me that a decade hence Joe Biden would be America’s vice president, John Kerry secretary […]
by Mike Kimel The Problem with the Second Amendment A well regulated militia, being necessary to the securityof a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shallnot be infringed. I am no constitutional scholar, or even an attorney, but I did take American History in high school, and it seems to […]
by Mike Kimel Some Thoughts on Statistical Analysis (A bit wonky) Via Tyler Cowen, a pretty good post on statistical analysis. While I suggest reading the post, I’ve reproduced the first sentence of each point the author makes below (though have cut out the pieces in betweeen): 1. When you don’t have to code your own estimators, youprobably won’t […]
by Mike Kimel Many types of tech – not just robots – have been affecting and are going to affect the service sector. When someone develops an inexpensive sign you can stick on top of television sets, racks of clothes, or appliances that will change itself whenever someone in the headquarters decides to change the price of the product, […]
by Mike Kimel Posterity I think you have to go back to Bob Dole in 1996 to find a Republican nominee for for President whose signature accomplishment wouldn’t be repudiated by most members of his own party in November 2012. The 2000 and 2004 nominee is best known for turning a surplus into a deficit […]
by Mike Kimel Obama, Romney & Enthusiasm We live in lesser times. The election is coming up, and our choices for President are pretty dismal. I mean really, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? This is what it comes down to? And the third party candidates, when one scratches below the surface, are not any better. […]
by Mike Kimel The Economic System of the Apostles I am not a Christian, but if I was, I suspect the following verses from the Acts of the Apostles would have an impact on my life. Acts of the Apostles, 2: 44-47 And all that believed were together, and had all thingscommon; And sold their possessions and […]
by Mike Kimel Mainstream and Semi-Mainstream Allegations Against Sitting Presidents I think back to each of the Presidents who was in office since Reagan,under whom I was old enough to start paying attention. And I wasthinking of the allegations that were made against each by theirpolitical enemies. I’m going to ignore the real fringe stuff, […]
See “Private Jobs Increase More With Democrats in WhiteHouse,” by Bob Drummond. These facts are finally getting mainstream-media notice. Finally.