Guy Smith | November 13, 2006
The passing election blew a chill wind across the decks of the Good Ship Commerce.
Ignoring my unfortunate metaphor of Democrats blowing, I did stumble across the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ratings for both the outgoing and likely incoming chairs of various business related committees. The dismissed Republicans had a CofC average rating of 93% while [...]
Guy Smith | November 9, 2006
Nancy Pelosi, glowing somewhat snidely in the aftermath of a partisan landslide, on ABC News said of Iraq (and I paraphrase):
“Terrorists are in Iraq because the United States is in Iraq. When we leave, they will leave too.”
Forgive my bluntness, but could this become the new definition of mentally insane? What possible motivation would terrorists [...]
Guy Smith | November 7, 2006
A sequined G-string orbited the television screen, propelling a barely concealed package through the shear will of well muscled hips. The dancer wore nothing else aside from a posterior-mounted feather array that would make a peacock blush.
My father glanced suspiciously at me from the corner of his eye, safely separated from the dancer by an [...]
Guy Smith | November 6, 2006
Do drugs lead people to violence, or do anti-drug laws create criminal classes that use violence as a tool? I think the latter.
While spelunking criminological data, I plotted the U.S. homicide rate from the early 20th century on … and noticed a very odd curve (click the pic to enlarge). Murders dropped during the Great [...]
