http://www.abprosper.com Ab Prosper. Its a community about freedom, prosperity, and the things that matter most Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:35:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en T.A.S.S is of course the Russian State Newspaper and neither it nor its kin Pravda (ironically The Truth) had much of a reputation for useful or accurate journalism Government aid for newspapers doesn't fit the American ideas of a free press or capitalism very well. I really don't think that ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/02/shall-we-call-the-paper-tass/ In six states. DUI is a pretty nasty offense but I think this sort thing is an overreaction in many cases. Policies that do not differentiate very well between reckless drunken driving and slightly impaired driving are flawed. Minor DUI offenses (and yes there are such things) ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/02/mandatory-ignition-lock-rules/ "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." - Edmund Burke, 1770 http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/02/edmind-burke-on-defeating-the-bad-guys/ The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class This is an hour long lecture from the California educational system, found on YouTube Dr. Warren's Book "the Two Income Trap" trap is well worth the read but if you don't have time to read it you will find the lecture below to be ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/02/got-an-hour-the-coming-middle-class-collapse/ I am hoping this year will be a better one that the last one. With all the economic turmoil and our first "left" government in more than 30 years things certainly will be different. This year I hope to have some videos up on YouTube, a better tracking system to ... http://www.abprosper.com/2009/01/02/welcome-to-2009/ Financial Meltdown 101. on Altenet. This is a solid explanation of just what the heck went on with our economy. Its a little light on solutions but its still a very complete and easy to read primer. You may want to ignore the childish art though. http://www.abprosper.com/2008/12/27/after-christmas-heavy-reading/ See you folks in a few days. http://www.abprosper.com/2008/12/24/merry-christmas/ I couldn't agree with Friedman more. America does need a reboot. The ancient Greeks had a term for what we are missing, Arete roughly "goodness", "excellence" or "virtue" of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of ... http://www.abprosper.com/2008/12/24/reboot-america-with-arete/ The summary -- The choice is simple -- the reconstruction of the South, or the deconstruction of the U.S. economy. Its probably the most important article I've read in a long time. It lays out much of the current internal crises and gives us workable solutions all at one time. To ... http://www.abprosper.com/2008/12/19/the-third-reconstruction-and-the-neo-confederates/ Not my title. Its the work of the inimitable Robert Reich. The article is well worth the read as it explains in simple language some of the reasons why the stimulus and bail out are likely to fail. Of course there are other problems including lop sided trade, automation and demographics ... http://www.abprosper.com/2008/12/19/the-logic-of-keynes-in-todays-world/