Testing the spirits in a world of Twitter
Once upon a time, there was little confusion as to what a person ought to believe about something. You could always count on either the king or the priest or the prophet to go out of his way to ensure that you knew what to believe on all the important issues. Certainly, other people had [...]
Ayn Rand wasn’t greedy – she was selfish
Apparently it’s open hunting season on Ayn Rand, beginning with Gary Moore’s “Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession,” and picked up by Ben Witherington’s “Randian Libertarianism—-An Anti-Christian Credo.” I’m not entirely sure where it is all coming from, but here it is. Now, I have HUGE reservations about Ayn Rand’s philosophy, especially since she [...]
Incentivize, Don’t Nationalize
Steven A. Burd, the CEO of Safeway, wrote a brilliant editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal on how his company have cut almost 40% of health care costs, compared to the national average over the past few years. The solution? They bill health insurance premiums on the basis of behavior, following the auto insurance industry, [...]
