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  • Freep a poll!(Does South Park go too far? CNN)

    03/21/2006 5:43:31 AM PST · by dynachrome · 31 replies · 759+ views
    CNN.com ^ | 3-20-06 | CNN
    Does "South Park" go too far in religious satire? Yes No or View Results
  • Crash, Bang, Wallop (Today's economy reminds me of the 1930s)

    01/05/2004 6:23:54 AM PST · by presidio9 · 36 replies · 236+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 5, 2004 | EDMUND S. PHELPS
    <p>Booms are not all alike. Nor slumps. Shocks and institutions are never exactly the same. Yet the late 1990s boom, the slide into slump and recent rebound has a striking similarity to the boom of the roaring 1920s, the deep decline in the early '30s and initial rebound. I see the two experiences as primarily driven by analogous forces and common mechanisms -- both non-monetary. And I believe that the rest of the present decade will tend, barring new shocks, to resemble the rest of the '30s -- a recovery with investment and employment below historical norms.</p>