Stockpiles and Speculators (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
Although most commentators concede that the free market does a decent job providing regular goods and services day in and day out, for some reason they believe that when it comes to unlikely but catastrophic events, government intervention is necessary....more...The New Rules of Tipping (US News & World Report)
Why you should reward the bartender even when ordering water, but not the person pumping your gas....more... Notes (USA Today)
Suns...more... Top Links From This Story: (The San Francisco Examiner)
examiner reader said: I agree with the post below about Adachi being delusional and being placed in a cell with these gangbangers. It's bleeding hearts like him that perpetuate problems in their naive idealism rather than solve them. He's trying to address the symptoms not the problems....more... Island lovers do whatever it takes to stay / Ex-mainlanders find the price of paradise requires sacrifice (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mona and Barry Rosenthal remember the precise moment they decided to move from Canton, Mass., south of Boston, to Martha's Vineyard, 6 miles off the southern tip of Cape Cod. "Mona was staring out our kitchen window at a monstrous trophy house going up... ...more... N-Judah hits elderly woman (The San Francisco Examiner)
San Francisco police are investigating an accident involving an outbound N-Judah streetcar and an elderly woman tonight at Ninth and Irving streets....more... Woman dies after beating on Oakland trail (The San Francisco Examiner)
A woman who was found severely beaten on a trail in the King Estates open space area in East Oakland on New Year's Day has died from her injuries, Oakland police said today....more... Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)
Sgt. Michael Poirier said last week that Birden suffered from multiple blunt force trauma and investigators believe she had been lying on the trail for at least two hours before she was discovered....more... DVD Review: Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Part 1 of 2) (Blogcritics.org)
While our dull yellow eyes may no longer be shocked or horrified by James Whale?s Frankenstein, we are still thrilled by it. Of English Accents, Lightning Storms, and MonstersShadows were everywhere. Ominously large shadows mingled with mysteriously short ones. As I tripped and groped my way through them, the dank, dust-laden air irritated my nose and throat. Lightning flickered occasionally, ......more... |