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The 2% Solution

There is a simple solution to the current Political Thesis and all the Evils that attend to Bush-ism. 2%. That is the rise in long-term interest rates sufficient to cause a housing crash and an economic meltdown. The current "recovery" is based on housing, on real estate, on construction. We are becoming extravagantly over-housed, compared […]

The Long View: Who Creates The Next Thesis

If you have been following my series on American political history you know that that America works in generational cycles. Each generation is dominated by a Thesis, consisting of a myth and values that deliver power. This story in time is challenged by an Anti-Thesis, a counter-story that leans against it — in time unsuccessfully. […]

The 911 Excuse

The most (politically) compelling argument the phone companies have against Voice Over IP is 911 service. The heart of 911 is that your phone number travels with your call, so emergency services can reach you even if you hang up. Thus, the phone companies are forcing E911 capability onto mobile companies, subsidizing the (welcome) addition […]

Donald Graham is a Republican

Donald Graham is chairman of The Washington Post Co. Donald Graham is a Republican. This is apparently a big secret to a lot of people. It is a big secret to liberal bloggers like Glenn Greenwald,  who constantly whine about individual Post stories or editorials. It is certainly a secret to the right, which treats […]

This Week’s Clue: Olmstedism

The following, part of my free weekly e-mail newsletter, A-Clue.Com, is being reprinted at Always On next week as a guest column. Enjoy. Given that we have successfully built a bridge to the 19th century it’s time to rediscover Frederick Law Olmsted (right and below). Olmsted had one of the great lives of the 19th […]

Why AOL Wants To Charge E-Mail Tax

It’s because their own spam filtering system is broken. It doesn’t work and it costs money. Goodmail promised to turn it into a profit center. Proof lies in how AOL itself treated a flood of e-mail about DearAOL.Com a site set up to protest the proposed Goodmail e-mail tax. Apparently it banned all e-mail mentioning […]

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