Archive for the 'The Pen is Mighty: Grumpy Letters' Category

Moral Hazard vs. Socialism

A cornerstone of free market philosophy is the concept of Moral Hazard. From wikipedia - "Moral hazard is the fact that a party insulated from risk ...


Open letter to Canada Post

Ending the year with a kvetch... Dear Canada Post; Recently, it appears you've made mail-pick up ID requirements more strenuous than those required by elections ...


Phoning this post in.

I've been hit with a virus, and when I lie down my lungs sound like someone rocking in an old rocking chair over a pile of old ...


Society Still Stands

Writing for Rights Right to Marry Day   Mombian organized a carnivalfor today, against Proposition 8 in California. Proposition 8 is one of the cynical moves to make ...


Note to Stock Markets

There can be irrational non-exuberance, too. Good companies are still companies that are good, regardless of banks being idiots.


Not writing in a vacuum: On the economic crisis, and what’s not being said clearly.

I have to deviate from writing about writing. I can't help it. I have to address, for a moment, the hysterical economists I'm hearing on CNN and ...


Form Letters from Heinlein

Very funny - the letter Heinlein would send to his fans. This reminds me of the rejection letters as handed out by OnSpec magazine, which are some ...