Monthly Archives: May 2011

Euthanize the US Postal Service

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has an excellent article on the US Postal Service and its many, many, many problems. Falling volumes, rising costs, unions, pensions, healthcare. Let me propose a solution that isn’t so modest: Dismantle the thing. Shut it down. This bloated, anachronistic, expensive Hydra has lived long enough. Don’t “reinvent” it. Don’t cook up a [...]

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Cash for clunkers, the sequel

The Wall Street Journal highlighted yesterday that the used car market is incredibly tight right now and prices are unusually high – making this an excellent time to sell your used car (or trade it in on a new car, which is, of course, what our government would consider the patriotic thing to do.) Gee, [...]

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Oh Boy, The Kentucky Derby

Just an excuse to desecrate some perfectly good bourbon with a bunch of greenery and sugar. Fair disclosure, I know very little about horse racing, but there are many sports I don’t care about, and that’s never stopped me from mocking them.

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