Author: danps

Efficiency enjoys a nearly spotless reputation.  Business leaders invoke it to justify activities that would otherwise be frowned upon, while politicians use it to explain why policy must follow their pet theories....

One of the biggest stories of the year is being virtually ignored by one of the most influential media outlets in America.  Meanwhile, Iran’s government news outlet engages in journalism. Cross posted from Pruning...

The firms that pushed securitization the hardest decided to treat mortgage record keeping into a game of Three Card Monte.  Now that even they can’t find the queen, they deserve to suffer the consequences. Cross...

The Nobel Peace prize has been awarded for many different people and for many different reasons, but there appears to be one area the committee is reluctant to go. Cross posted from Pruning Shears.No Associated Press content was...

The widespread revulsion over torture in the Bush era caused civil libertarians from a wide part of the political spectrum to unite in protest.  The latest presidential power grab is revealing some differences that had been...