Monthly Archives: February 2010

Political Skepticism

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rob Waterson

I found a short post over at Skepticblog in which Michael Shermer simply attempts to demonstrate that the number 3.8 trillion is an almost inconceivably large number.  You have probably already recognized that particular number as the size, in dollars, … Continue reading →

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Progressives and Willful Historical Ignorance

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Rob Waterson

Hat tip to Dan Riehl for initially pointing me to this news story via Twitter.  You can follow Dan on Twitter here. Proposed changes to the North Carolina high school history curriculum have many people upset with critics correctly pointing … Continue reading →

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Keynesian Ideology and the Coming Crash

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Rob Waterson

In an article at The American Spectator titled The Coming Crash of 2011, Peter Ferrara points out the historical failure of Keynesian governmental intrusion into the free market and contrasts the observed and expected results of Obama’s ideological policies with … Continue reading →

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Obama’s phony budget freeze

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Rob Waterson

Matthias Shapiro, the guy behind Political Math, has produced another short but illuminating video in which he discusses President Obama’s announced budget freeze.  Like his other visualizations, which include the Obama Budget Cuts Visualization and The National Debt Road Trip, this one cuts through … Continue reading →

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