How should we live? For God? For reason? For others? For the earth? For "humanity"? If we answer any of these, then the next question is, why? Why should we live for God? Why according to reason? Why for others, the earth, or humanity? The only reasonable answer to this question is that to...
Social Security: So Simple A Caveman Could Run It. By Monty Pelerin , posted February 7th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/02/07/social-security-so-simple-a-caveman-could-run-it/ The establishment of Social Security as a retirement program should have been so simple that a caveman could have run...
America’s Bucket List By Monty Pelerin , posted January 1st, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/01/01/americas-bucket-list/ Jim H. Ainsworth wrote a timely and appropriate article in American Thinker entitled A Bucket List for America . Unlike the movie, Ainsworth explains that his bucket list...
By Monty Pelerin , posted December 3rd, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/03/jimmy-stewart-wouldnt-run-these-banks/ Frank Capra’s George Bailey of Bailey Savings and Loan would surely not recognize our banking system or its accounting. However, Mr. Potter, George’s evil competitor...
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By Monty Pelerin , posted November 30th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/11/30/wisdom-eisenhower-and-michael-crichton-on-science/ Michael Crichton President Eisenhower Anyone can rent a scientist. But when Federal funding is at stake, it appears you can also rent a conclusion. In his farewell...