Money is Time, Price does not equal Value
Sometimes…
“Sometimes” is a poem to the times when the shadows of life’s clouds passes over the grassy knoll.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit Part V: The Road to Serfdom Detours Through the Hospital Parking Lot
Last lesson, I promised you a lesson on “The Philosophy of Money” with a return of Bob. Fortunately, I’m the teacher, so I can break my promises willy nilly and there’s nothing you can do about it. Due to events in the news, I’ve changed my mind. You see (someone cue some Richard Wagner) we’re passing an important milestone on the Road to Serfdom as we speak.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Appendix
In the Appendix to the third addition of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”, Thomas adds some closing words to the argument for Independence.
Read Common Sense: Appendix
First Day of School
In California and despite the current financial crisis, Community College tuition is still kept at a low 20 dollars per credit. As Wesley appears to have nothing better to do, he went down to a place by the beach and has set out to earn his degree in Sociology. He recounts his first day on campus and looking for a kegger.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit IV: As the Economy Turns: The Tale of Miss Market (A Bad Soap Opera in One Act)
We in the West have spent the past two centuries benefiting from [Miss Market's] many skills – she in her innovative, brilliant, economic-freedom-loving glory has given us everything from Air Conditioning to Zouave rifles. Unfortunately, we have become a society of narcissists from the top down, and when you pair an otherwise independent woman with a narcissistic control freak, one of two things happen: she is broken, or she gets revenge.
Seatless On Willoughby
“Seatless on Willoughby” is a work of Beat Fiction. Stranded and abandoned on the corner of Spaulding and Willoughby, Wesley finds a weather beaten bike chained to a street light and asks who is more broken.
Finish Seatless on Willoughby
Karma Comma Chameleon
In this edition of our grammar tutorial “The Politics of Words”, we explore the Chameleon like Comma, who is a tricky bit of punctuation. Yet with an understanding of grammar’s rules and dash of karma, we can start to use the comma like a pro.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine: IV
In “Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections”, the final section of “Common Sense”, Thomas Paine further explores the reasons and motivations for America to stand against British rule. As Alistar Butcher continues to presents the Zine that started it all, Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
Read: Common Sense part 4
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit, Part III: Not Only Must We Blame Capitalism, Let’s Hire Lawyers To Fix The Weather
Blaming the Market for a depression is like blaming the Weather for a tornado. Duh. It’s obvious to blame the weather. But what the hell kind of good does blaming the weather do? You can’t change the weather, you can’t control it, so cussing out the weather a waste of time and energy and resources.
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