"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" January 2010 - Posts - TT's Lost in Tokyo

January 2010 - Posts

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More insights on what's wrong with Haiti and how it can be fixed by TokyoTom

What needs to be done? Simply, an end to corrupt rule and heavy taxes and regulatory burdens, central planning and intrusive foreign aid "development" schemes (that feed local elites and foreign contractors), and free and open trade with foreign...
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[Update] Some food for thought on who (US/UN/others/Haitians) and what is responsible for making and keeping Haiti poor by TokyoTom

 

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Is a roll-back of the "War on Drugs" brewing? US House unanimously approves bill to establish study commission by TokyoTom

i ran across the following article in the UK's Independent , but surprisingly the news doesn't seem to have aroused the slightest interest in the US media: US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs' After 40 years of defeat and failure...
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Avatar's theme of self-determination proves too subversive and successful in China and is abruptly yanked by censors by TokyoTom

I noted in my previous post - Avatar resonates in China - where standing up for property rights (and against "progress") can be downright subversive - that Avatar had hit a surprising chord in China. Perhaps not so surprisingly. China's...
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Evidence of ethical and inethical behavior among bacteria by TokyoTom

See Michael Gilberson , co-blogger with Lynne Kiesling at Knowledge Problem , discussing recent research: " Cooperation and cheating among bacteria ". I think we are beginning to see that ethical issues, that is, "problems" of cooperation...
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Resources on Elinor Ostrom by TokyoTom

[Note: This is a work in progress] Elinor Ostrom is the guru of CPR regimes; anyone interested should look into her fascinating and highly-regarded work, particularly her seminal and extensively researched Governing the Commons (1990). Here is a review...
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Avatar resonates in China - where standing up for property rights (and against "progress") can be downright subversive by TokyoTom

It looks as if James Cameron` s Avatar movie - which is seen by many in the West as predictibly shallow, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, pro-enviro and racially politically correct - has struck a home-owners` rights chord that is resonating in China...
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Avatar at Home? Those pesky Somali pirates have hampered the pillage of East African seas, leading to higher fish catches by locals by TokyoTom

As a follow-up to my earlier posts (note: link fixed) on how the rape of East African fisheries ($200-300 million per year) & ocean dumping by Western nations led to the rise of Somali piracy, I just ran across this interesting recent report by AP...
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Nice Post by David Henderson on "Avatar", property, corporatism & right of natives to live as they please by TokyoTom

David R. Henderson has a nice post up at Antiwar.com , titled "In Defense of Avatar" , in which he takes issue with reviews of Avatar by Reihan Salam and Edward Hudgins . (My earlier comments on Stephan Kinsella`s review of Avatar are here ...
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