Archive for February, 2008

Knock, knock

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Though a voter for twenty years, I have just now been front-door canvassed for the first time. Two sunny twenty-something campaigners for Barack Obama, but not from the campaign. (More about that in the minute.) I told them I would vote for him and took their flyer. They clearly had the Democratic Party voter […]

Importing inflation (and watching hunger)

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I confess one effect I didn’t see from having so much of our manufacture outsourced to China is inflationary pressure. If China gets the chill, we get a cold. In case you need another reason to support United States industry (or your own national industry if you’re reading from outside the United States) see today’s […]