US discourse is increasingly substituting easy labelling and sloppy standards of proof for the rigours of scientific method. Which worries us a lot. Here a first sketch..
Entries Tagged as 'Opinion'
On special request, our “beliefs”. Are we “hard left?”
November 4th, 2010 · No Comments
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The Swift-boating of George Soros
October 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment
What does a whooole lot of innuendo and cheap labelling add up to? Not much, but there is a much more serious issue at stake here, which it the prime reason the US is in a bit of a mess..
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Here’s to those unsung Chinese miners!
October 17th, 2010 · No Comments
They deserve their place under the sun..
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Have the French gone mad?
October 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Sort off..
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Extending tax cuts for the well-off?
October 13th, 2010 · No Comments
There are economic reasons against that, but the issue goes deeper than that, way deeper. Why do the rich work at all?
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Krugman is right once again
October 8th, 2010 · No Comments
But is anyone listening?
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Not the size of the government per sé
September 14th, 2010 · No Comments
But the quality and purpose…
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The usual nonsense once again..
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments
“Recovery is stalled by uncertainty over regulation derailing credit supply…” Yea, right..
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US plutocracy?
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Shocking figures..
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A primer on US Middle-East/Central Asia policy
August 1st, 2010 · No Comments
This really has to be one of the best…
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