Rogel @ April 26, 2008 # 3 Comments
I’ll open this thread of links with good news, and it is coming from no other than New Jersey. There are many questions about privacy in the era of facebook, It will take time until we will be able to sort the right formulation of privacy and the limits we set on corporations like google […]
Rogel @ April 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Today, in commemoration of the date, our collected links will be about our taxes and how they are being allocated:
When executives in the private sector engage in accounting games, resulting in loss of their investors money, they can end up in jail. However, instead of applying the same rules, or even tougher standards to the […]
Rogel @ April 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Are Neoconservatism a Jewish movement? No:
It is a matter of record that a small group of Jews played a leading role in the 1970s and 1980s in originating what has come to be known as neoconservatism, and many of neoconservatism’s most prominent spokesmen today are Jewish. The sensibility or persuasion they cultivated did in some […]
Rogel @ April 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The list of links I collected today have no unified theme, aside from the fact I find them interesting enough to share with other.
We read a lot of criticism about the famous OLC memo, written by John Yoo that allow the suspension of the fourth amendment in cases of “domestic military operations”, including a petition […]
Rogel @ April 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If hell exist, they are preparing in it a special place for Prof. Henry Kissinger. That being said, this interview of Mike Wallace with Kissinger from July 1958 is nothing short than fascinating. It is fascinating not only because of Kissinger, and his answers, but also because of the high quality of the interviewer. One […]
Rogel @ March 31, 2008 # One Comment
A should be simple upgrade of the blog’s platform become a rather hectic mess today, but with the assistant of my hosting service everything seems to be in order now. In the meantime here are some links I collected today:
A new research that checked people cooperations in different cultures had rather interesting finding:
Researchers use economic […]
Rogel @ March 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I already set my DVR to record this, if it in HBO usual high standard it should be very good.
Rogel @ March 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Do you care to guess who wrote this:
Since leaving office I’ve written about public policy from a new perspective: outside looking in. I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.
Why do we think we are helping adult consumers by taking away their […]
Rogel @ February 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
To enforce mandates, or to not enforce mandates? this is, at least part, of the question:
To see why Clinton’s argument is nonsensical, consider that the country could achieve nearly universal health insurance immediately simply by enacting an individual mandate coupled with a truly draconian penalty for non-compliance. But so what? This would be good for […]
Rogel @ February 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
From protecting the environment point of view which is better - take a short ride with a car or walking? The answer might surprise you:
This challenge comes from Chris Goodall, the author of “How to Live A Low-Carbon Life.” Mr. Goodall is a member of the Green Party in Britain and a devout environmentalist — […]