Tuesday Tune-up

Dum Dum Girls, "Bedroom Eyes"

Quote for the Week, December 29, 2013-January 4, 2014

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
--Milton Friedman

Tuesday Tune-up

Rolling Stones, "Paint It Black"

Quote for the Week, December 22-28, 2013

Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.
--George Will

Tuesday Tune-up

Beatles, "Day Tripper"

The Comeback Kid

S.I.'s Sports Person of 2013

Quote for the Week, December 15-21, 2013

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Such a Deal

Former OMB Director David Stockman
on the bipartisan plan to delay federal spending cuts:

The can has now been kicked into "low-earth orbit."

Tuesday Tune-up

Silver Trees, "She"

Quote for the Week, Dec. 8-14, 2013

Human beings, when given means and motive, have a rather poor history of eschewing the easy profit in favour of doing the right thing.
--Grant Williams

Tuesday Tune-up

Paul Simon, "Gumboots" & "Whispering Bells"

Quote for the Week, Dec. 1-7, 2013

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
--George Carlin