The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

What does absurd government monomania in the face technological irrelevance look like? Back in the early years of the 20th century, before...

From a reddit post recently: Just remember, ignorance of the EU's 26,911 word missive on the sale of cabbage is no excuse! David F...

When historians of the future are writing the epitaph for the west, I imagine that one of the characteristics that will strike them about th...

Not if you are their client. Not if they're underwriting an IPO you're purchasing. And certainly  not if they're just trading on...

The most useful source of information on US political events, Intrade , is shutting down : With sincere regret we must inform you that due...

Over at Hacker News, there was a link to this great Forbes article talking about the differences in regulation in the treatment of eggs . A...

One of things that Mencius Moldbug likes to emphasise is that most Western countries increasingly aren't democracies in a meaningful se...

Some people think that Europe is a bloated, worthless bureacratic state that has managed to transform an attitude of self-important entitlem...

This  hilarious story  from the Consumerist provides a clue: The Styrofoam cube enclosed in this envelope is being included by the sender t...

You can check out any time you like, but you can't leave until the IRS says so. The Globe and Mail reports a story about the situatio...

Over at  Paco Enterprises , Paco has an  interesting post on Solyndra , the glorious new bankrupt solar energy company that managed to finag...

1. Courtesy of the Greek, comes pictures of the latest rioting in Greece . I had previously described these people as being on strike agai...