http://www.pastpeak.com/ Cause for Alarm en-us Copyright 2010 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:13:44 -0600 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:56:52 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ...and guess who's number 1.... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/09/were_number_37_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/09/were_number_37_1.htm Healthcare Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:13:44 -0600 Baseline Scenario links to a wonderful site, the Khan Academy, at which a young man named Salman Khan has posted more than 700 instructional YouTube videos on math and physics, as well as banking and money, the credit crisis, and... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/khan_academy_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/khan_academy_1.htm Science/Technology Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:33:43 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/saturday_gumpag_133.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/saturday_gumpag_133.htm Gumpagraphs 2009 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:18:11 -0600 Classified documents that were recently released show that Dick Cheney, who a couple of years ago went nuts and shot a guy, ordered Khalid Shaikh Mohammed waterboarded 183 times. When do you suppose Mohammed caught on and said, "I know... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_84.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_84.htm Humor & Fun Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:16:19 -0600 James Hamilton at Econbrowser has two posts summarizing a paper he presented at Brookings dealing with causes and consequences of the oil price shock of 2007-2008. Interesting reading. On causes, he calculates that the runup in price was consistent with... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/causes_and_cons.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/causes_and_cons.htm Economy Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:16:18 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/wednesday_gumpa_161.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/wednesday_gumpa_161.htm Gumpagraphs 2009 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:10:31 -0600 Source... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_85.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_85.htm Humor & Fun Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:03:48 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/adam_smith_on_u_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/adam_smith_on_u_1.htm Economy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:14:26 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/tuesday_gumpagr_164.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/tuesday_gumpagr_164.htm Gumpagraphs 2009 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:26 -0600 There was a big rally on Wall Street after Citigroup reported a profit for the first two months of the year. That just goes to show you what determination, hard work, and 45 billion of our bailout dollars can do.... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_83.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_83.htm Humor & Fun Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:40:41 -0600 If all you had to go on was the coverage in the media, you could be forgiven for thinking that the economic crisis is all about the financial sector. That it's all about banks and their problems. Banks, and maybe... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/inifinite_debt.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/inifinite_debt.htm Economy Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:42:37 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/thursday_gumpag_155.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/thursday_gumpag_155.htm Gumpagraphs 2009 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:41:32 -0600 The Republicans released their budget counter-proposal this week. It plans to address the deficit, global warming, healthcare, energy, massive tax cuts for the rich. I'm not kidding. Also, there are no numbers in this budget. It's a budget plan without... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_82.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/todays_joke_82.htm Humor & Fun Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:39:37 -0600 I think this has to be my favorite music video of all time. I defy you to watch it without smiling: Absolutely glorious. [Thanks, Jacqueline]... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/going_on.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/going_on.htm Culture Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:48:15 -0600 One of the talking points about the Afghan war has been that at least it's made things better for the women of Afghanistan. Not if they're Shiite. Telegraph: President Hamid Karzai has signed a law the UN says legalises rape... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/worse_than_duri_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2009/04/worse_than_duri_1.htm Afghanistan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:10:14 -0600