When commentators invoke 1929, I am dubious. According to most historians and economists, that depression had more to do with overlarge factory inventories, a stock-market crash, and Germany's inability to pay back war debts, which then led to continuing strain

Asset freezes. Threats of litigation. Expressions of mystification about the intentions of a foreign government. The latest round with another axis of evil country? No: the current state of relations between the UK and Iceland. As we were saying before

over PostgreSQL? I've just read through this document:MySQL vs PostgreSQL and it's obvious paragraph after paragraph that PostgreSQL is the better database. Performance, features and community are all in PostgreSQL's favor. There is almost nothing in MySQL's favor apart from

We are physical beings, dear people, and we like having physical possessions. Children collect broken bits of plastic from the...

The Corner has gone round the bend,* with Powerline following right after. For commentary on this, I recommend reading Hilzoy...

As the European Parliament prepares the European Council to be held in Brussels on 15 and 16 October, the debate with the French Presidency and the European Commission was dominated by the concerns about the financial crisis which will also

TFM is the week five champion with an impressive 10-2-2 record. Give props. All picks are against the spread. Home teams are in caps. Here are my selections: SAINTS -7 over Raiders, COLTS -4.5 over Ravens, Bengals +6 over JETS,...

There is a certain hysterical mindset that sees every looming recession as the next Great Depression; every possible conflict, the next Vietnam War. Technically, we are not even in a recession. Save for that minor one we experienced in 1991,...

Mandriva Linux 2009 has been released: "We have released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new release of our distribution. 2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4.1 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva

Nice, roomy economical with mechanical problems

The quintessential American sedan

More utility than sport

The car you can take to the end of the world... for less!!

This car ranks about a 6 out of 10, great weekend toy, but not a very good every-day driver

Too expensive to fix. I hate Jettas

A pretty face, but she will cost you

Fun, powerful and hard on fuel

A good van

I am upset with Ford

Useless