Quote for the Week, January 26-February 1, 2014

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation.  The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
--Will Rogers

Tuesday Tune-up

Lindsey Stirling, "Zelda Violin Duet"

Quote for the Week, January 19-25, 2014

Markets will be permanently efficient when investors are permanently objective and unemotional.  In other words, never.
--Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital

Maps That Morph

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
(or, for that matter, the jet she's flying on)

Tuesday Tune-up

Linda Ronstadt, "Down So Low"

Quote for the Week, January 12-18, 2014

The war between the centrifuge of knowledge and the centripetal pull of power remains the prime conflict in all economies.
--George Gilder

Tuesday Tune-up

Everly Brothers, "Let It Be Me"

Quote for the Week, January 5-11, 2014

Bipartisan means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.
--George Carlin

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