Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Best viral ads from 2011 according to Ad Age
Love this one:
Not so much:
iPhone as cultural phenomenon:
Meh:
Hilarious, but probably too scary for you, Katie:
There's always room for Isaiah Mustafa:
Lionel, king of the world:
Chrome taking over the world (but Lionel won't let it):
Best Super Bowl ad:
Keep Isaiah:
Not so much:
iPhone as cultural phenomenon:
Meh:
Hilarious, but probably too scary for you, Katie:
There's always room for Isaiah Mustafa:
Lionel, king of the world:
Chrome taking over the world (but Lionel won't let it):
Best Super Bowl ad:
Keep Isaiah:
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Conformity in the name of diversity
I find George Will to be one of the more insightful contrarians on the opinions page. Here's a good article from him again.
For those not interested in clicking, here's an excerpt:
For those not interested in clicking, here's an excerpt:
Although Vanderbilt is a private institution, its policy is congruent with “progressive” public policy, under which society shall be made to progress up from a multiplicity of viewpoints to a government-supervised harmony. Vanderbilt’s policy, formulated in the name of enlarging rights, is another skirmish in the progressives’ struggle to deny more and more social entities the right to deviate from government-promoted homogeneity of belief. Such compulsory conformity is, of course, enforced in the name of diversity.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
A deficit is not a deficit
The word deficit is used in two political context as those it had the same meaning in each. It isn't.
When we talk about the federal budget deficit we are talking about the government spending more than it raises in taxes in a given year. Over time, government can't spend more than it taxes. To do so this year, it has to borrow, which means today's spending gets paid for later, by us or our children.
When we talk about the trade deficit, we are talking about net imports. The US runs a trade deficit with China because they ship us more than we ship them in goods. My family runs a trade deficit with A Fresh Market - they sell me more than I sell them. My family runs a trade surplus with my supplier - I sell them more than they sell me. Resolving a trade imbalance is non-sensical. There's no reason any two entities should be equal in trade. That doesn't mean the ledger doesn't balance. It does. If China gives us a bunch of stuff for little green pieces of paper, they can either buy our stuff with it or invest in our country. Either way, the dollars come back. Whether you area country or a company, it is not a bad thing for people to want to invest in you.
Budget deficit and trade deficit sound like related concepts. They aren't.
When we talk about the federal budget deficit we are talking about the government spending more than it raises in taxes in a given year. Over time, government can't spend more than it taxes. To do so this year, it has to borrow, which means today's spending gets paid for later, by us or our children.
When we talk about the trade deficit, we are talking about net imports. The US runs a trade deficit with China because they ship us more than we ship them in goods. My family runs a trade deficit with A Fresh Market - they sell me more than I sell them. My family runs a trade surplus with my supplier - I sell them more than they sell me. Resolving a trade imbalance is non-sensical. There's no reason any two entities should be equal in trade. That doesn't mean the ledger doesn't balance. It does. If China gives us a bunch of stuff for little green pieces of paper, they can either buy our stuff with it or invest in our country. Either way, the dollars come back. Whether you area country or a company, it is not a bad thing for people to want to invest in you.
Budget deficit and trade deficit sound like related concepts. They aren't.
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