NPR’s Adam Davidson on John Maynard Keynes

I admit I frequently listen to NPR while driving, and yes, I find it corporatist and statist.  But I enjoy listening to it nonetheless.
This morning, there was a worthwhile piece on John Maynard Keynes, and who he was, as his intellectual economic philosophy (often called Keynesian Economics) is very much reflected in both the current [...]

Nihilism, Moral Relativism, and The Dark Knight

I admit I made a mistake: I rented The Dark Knight.  I watched roughly 2/3rds of it, but just wasn’t motivated to finish it.  I’m not into the creepy, dark crime dramas a la Goodfellas or Heat or The Departed.  One reason is that they are amorally ultra-violent.  A proponent of the film would say this [...]