Using Hubble astronomers have found evidence that complex molecules lie on the surface of Pluto.
Using Hubble, astronomers have found new evidence that complex molecules, such as hydrocarbons, lie on the surface of Pluto.
Year: 2011
Another Obamacare surprise: As of January 1, 2012, the government will begin sharing your Medicare data with others, unless you opt out.
Another Obamacare surprise: As of January 1, 2012, the government will begin sharing your Medicare data with others, unless you opt out.
FBI sees drop in violent and property crimes in every region of the U.S.
Some good news: The FBI is reporting a drop in violent and property crimes in every region of the U.S for the first half of 2011.
As the report above notes, this drop has occurred during “tough economic times,” illustrating once again that the leftwing claim that “tough economic times” causes violence and crime is dead wrong. If a society knows the difference between right and wrong while respecting property rights, poverty by itself will not lead to crime. What will lead to crime is a rejection of these values, which not only promotes bad behavior (stealing and violence) but also leads to more poverty and the collapse of society.
With this in mind it is therefore interesting to reflect on many of the actions and ideas of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Is this what we really want for America?
Why Are Indian Reservations So Poor?
Why are Indian reservations so poor? (Link fixed. Sorry.)
The vast majority of land on reservations is held communally. That means residents can’t get clear title to the land where their home sits, one reason for the abundance of mobile homes on reservations. This makes it hard for Native Americans to establish credit and borrow money to improve their homes because they can’t use the land as collateral–and investing in something you don’t own makes little sense, anyway.
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“Markets haven’t been allowed to operate in reserve lands,” says [Manny Jules, a former chief of the Kamloops Indian band in British Columbia]. “We’ve been legislated out of the economy. When you don’t have individual property rights, you can’t build, you can’t be bonded, you can’t pass on wealth. A lot of small businesses never get started because people can’t leverage property [to raise funds].
Hat tip Ace of Spades.
LightSquared is running out of cash
That LightSquared’s broadband technology interferes with GPS and that it’s CEO is under investigation from the SEC aren’t it’s only problems: the company is running out of cash.
Bugs Bunny – Racketeer Rabbit
An evening pause: The proper way to treat gangstas.
Harvard Faculty Fires Economics Professor over Political Article Published in India
Modern academic freedom: Harvard has fired an economics professor over a political op-ed he wrote that was published in India.
Scientists have located one of the quarries used by the builders of Stonehenge
Scientists have identified the quarry used by the builders of Stonehenge to build its first circle, 160 miles from the ancient monument.
Swallowed pen still works 25 years later
Good engineering: A swallowed pen, stuck in a 76-year-old woman’s stomach for 25 years, still worked after it was removed.
“It’s the Obama, stupid”
A telescope to go where no telescope has gone before
Russia’s GPS system, Glonass, has reached full operational capability for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union
Russia’s GPS system, Glonass, has returned to full operational capability, lost shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union.