Traffic planning is one of the core responsibilities we give to government, yet it is rarely discussed outside of the realm of two poles of thought: build more roads or run more busses. Each pole is heavily invested in their preferred solution with a preference to play the losing game of attempting to build capacity […]
Filed under: Politics on September 18th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ever since Ron Paul (predictably) failed to secure the Republican nomination for president, I have found myself uninspired by the current field of candidates. I can't even find a third-party candidate that makes me feel that I can hold my nose and cast my ballot. I think this is because I find myself no longer […]
Filed under: Politics on August 28th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In modern politics, it seems that the mainstream approached to governance involve a tightly integrated and uniform system of government from the federal level down to our individual neighborhoods. Unfortunately, this model has the most in common with Stalinist central planning regardless of if the goal is to create an anarcho-capitalistic society or a socialist […]
Filed under: Politics on August 2nd, 2008 | 7 Comments »
For decades, it's been considered common knowledge that a college degree was your ticket to a well-paying job. Salary surveys back it up, usually showing substantial wage differences between those with a high school diploma and those holding a bachelor's degree. Despite this, the value of a college degree has been rapidly diminishing and could […]
Filed under: Politics on June 19th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you want to see Americans get angry, just start talking about the price of gas. Or maybe ask a Californian about electricity prices during the blackouts. It seems that we're enormously sensitive to the cost of energy. I myself can remember paying just over a dollar per gallon for gas just over a decade […]
Filed under: Politics on June 17th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Only someone living under a rock wouldn't know about the grave injustices being done to the FLDS in Texas right now. Allow me to summarize for those of you not following the story.
A woman claiming to be a 16-year-old mother named Sarah calls in authorities in Texas to report that her 50-year-old FLDS husband beats […]
Filed under: Politics on April 24th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Something is rotten in the state of Utah. It seems that we can't go a week without some new controversy embroiling the Utah Republican Party. At the heart of it all is a political machine that would make Boss Tweed proud, a system of selection setup to allow the party faithful to anoint their leaders […]
Filed under: Politics on April 23rd, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Given its origins in the heyday of the Industrial Revolution, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that our Prussian-style school systems focus on a one-size-fits-all approach. The order of that day was to mass produce interchangeable cogs for factories, a job description that's becoming less and less common as our economy focuses on more […]
Filed under: Politics on April 7th, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Filed under: Politics, Pictures, Tender Lumplings on April 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now that the candidate filing period has closed, there's a clearer picture of what's going on with House 48, the district I live in. The race has made some headlines as LaVar "Elect Democrats and the Terrorists Win" Christensen has sought to challenge incumbent Sylvia Andersen to get his old seat back after being thoroughly […]
Filed under: Politics, Utah on March 20th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Loading ...