The 24 hour news cycle on TV was once considered the worst thing to ever happen to news. But I would argue that the presence of too many news websites and blogs has ruined journalism even more. Still, here’s a collection from both that just makes just makes me sick. Apple touches top spot by [...]

The best comics: The one using pictures of politicians A collection of cartoons about us from around the world A slideshow from MSNBC And here’s a huge repository of political cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com

It seems like for over a year we saw headlines of nothing but layoffs.  Over the last few months we’ve started to see that again.  The official statistics on jobs make this not at all surprising.  Unemployment is up and jobless claims numbers are not where they need to be.  But other companies are hiring [...]

Often times in the media you hear of presidential approval ratings, Congressional approval ratings, the state of the economy, or many other questions that are polled amongst the American people. Just about any media outlet, from Fox News to Newsweek conducts some kind of polling to gauge how people feel about a lot of stuff. [...]

U.S. hesitant to sell its GM stock due to low price: This isn’t surprising by any stretch of the imagination. Replace “government” or any reference to government in this article with “you”, “I”, or “money manager” and it’s easy to see the government is no different than anyone else when it comes to investing. They [...]

This is another post in my ongoing series that deserves a name but doesn’t have one.  It’s about the common misconception that manufacturing is everything and we keep losing jobs to India and China and they’ll never come back.  Here are some of my more recent articles on the subject: An American “Manufacturing Renaissance” What [...]

should-you-bring-it-up-o-meter©: A guide to conversations with your significant other (via Spousonomics) What Determines the Price of Gas: A Visual Guide: The simplest guide to understanding gas prices, with pictures and charts (via The Atlantic) LA police officers who alleged ticket quota system win $2M judgment: I knew it! (via Autoblog) How Your Last Name Affects [...]

A smörgåsbord of awesome reads from the last few weeks. Enjoy. We’re running out of helium because the government is selling the stocks at way low market prices. Once we run out, we can’t make more, and it actually has industrial uses. The next cheapest place to get it is the moon. The Longevity Project: [...]