Aston Martin DB6 Couch
Here’s another symbol of how rich our country is: the Aston Martin DB6 Couch:
This couch is an exact replica of an Aston Martin DB6 rear end. It’s painted in a classic Aston Martin color, Silver Birch. The red leather is finished off with a Y-stitch on each cushion. Polished to perfection, this …
Private Roads, Explained
Ever wondered how private roads might work? Drew Carey explains — and it really would be better than you think.
See?
Things that Might Interest Only Me
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus – New York Times
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet was …
The Miracle of Specialization
One of the great things about the division of labor — having each person do one job and do it well — is the lengths to which complete strangers will go to make each others’ lives better.
Take, for example, road signs. We drive by thousands of them each year. Have you ever thought about what …
Road Logic — As Seen on Slashdot
As seen on Slashdot
Garbage collection is fine as a private service, but roads? What would possibly improve by letting individual profit-seeking companies control where and when you are allowed to drive?
It’s a simple answer. Individual profit-seeking companies only make a profit if you can drive when and where you want. Right now, only …
Living On the Excess
America is so rich that it’s possible to make a living off of our trash. (You say wasteful, I say rich. It boils down to the same thing.) Madison’s Capital Times published an article about the burgeoning art of dumpster diving.
So much is discarded, in fact, that it is possible to live almost …
Creating Wealth Through Innovation
Wealth is created every day. Wealth is created when someone creates something new and fulfills a need that other people didn’t even realize was unfulfilled. Wealth is created when someone figures out how to produce an existing product faster or cheaper than it can currently be produced. Individuals innovate for several main reasons: to fulfill …
WalMart and Corporate Welfare
I don’t always agree with Capital Times columnist Mike Ivey, but I do today. He writes about WalMart’s appetite for corporate welfare:
Wisconsin’s largest employer draws more in corporate welfare than it pays in state taxes. Wal-Mart pocketed $852 million in net profits in Wisconsin off value-hungry consumers between 2000 and 2003. Over that …
Things I Find Interesting
In no particular order:
Tibetan monks, who overstayed their immigration visas, were arrested by a SWAT team. A SWAT team? For Tibetan monks? It’s not enough that they get visited by paramilitary Chinese troops? They have to get raided by paramilitary Americans as well? Frank Miller is writing ”Holy Terror, Batman!”, a story that chronicles Batman’s fight …