Author Archives: Kevin

I was reading yet another article about public school failure. While the kind of failures that seem so common in inner-city schools around the country don’t seem to have reached the suburbs, I don’t doubt it is coming. Lately, I’ve … Continue reading →

I fail to understand why economists treat deflation (the lowering of overall price levels, or the increasing of currency’s purchasing power) as a great evil, unless they consider non-economists as stupid people who cannot understand how prices work. Colleges typically … Continue reading →

Those who find themselves drawn to Keynesian and Chicagoan economic theories would do well to consider Bastiat’s 160-year-old arguments against monetary schemes (and, at the end of the treatise, against government education). Some especially salient points: I cry out against … Continue reading →

It’s election year here in America, so I want to join in on the non-stop chatter about politics. Not that it really stops in non-election years, but it seems to be more personal in those years when we get to … Continue reading →

Throughout human history, leaders and rulers have appealed to divine authority in arousing support for their military endeavors. Even the church, in various places at various times, has been used as a staging ground for influencing people in favor of … Continue reading →

Here is a letter written in response to a two-page ad written Mr. David Szady, vice president of Gaurdsmark and retired Assistant Director of the FBI, in the March 2012 edition of Security Management: Dear Mr. Szady, In your company’s … Continue reading →

My phone has had four Android versions running so far today. A few hours ago I thought I’d check whether an official Ice Cream Sandwich update for my phone (Nexus S 4G) had been released by Sprint. I saw some … Continue reading →

Today, I drew this graph of my conception of an entrepreneur-value model of the production economy. (I’m mulling over a model of the reputation economy, also.) Here are some of the key points: Purchase price is proportional to the value … Continue reading →