Traditional Medicine
The AP reports that South Korean customs officials confiscated loads of “flesh” capsules (viz. China to reinvestigate human flesh capsule claims). …
Author Archives: Jerry
Overtime for State Employees
One of the reporters for the Courant wrote a piece about the progress the State is making towards cutting down …
Broadband Technology in the US
There was a piece in the Hartford Courant this morning that explored the broadband technology here in the US against …
Executive Compensation — Do shareholders have a say?
No, they don’t. Shareholders vote at a corporation’s annual meeting, but for the most part those votes are non-binding. Until …
Reading the Obituaries
By popular demand, our local paper has started printing the obituaries in larger type. Any obituary is bad news for …
Obstructionism in the Congress
“President … had become convinced that the … deliberately were destroying the economy of the country and erecting roadblocks against every …
Austerity in times of trouble – Part 2
Another one of those ideas that floats around is that “government should tighten its belt like any family would do.” This …
Austerity in times of trouble – Part 1
I’m no expert in macroeconomics, but that doesn’t stop me from having thought about it and formed some opinions. They …
Opinions
I don’t mind discussing something whose opinion is different from mine; in fact, I generally enjoy it. There are two …
Run government like a business
This oft-heard phrase is another of those slogans that really bothers me. Like “class warfare,” it sounds good if you …
Schwartz Chronicles 