It's hard to think when the weather is hot all the time. In fact, many things are impossible to run properly when the weather is hot all the time. In other words, heat encourages leisure.
One of the underestimated reasons why slavery was more popular in the South than in the North (in America) was that it was much warmer in the South thereby giving Africans an edge climate wise, as well as encouraging less productive thinking and more leisure.

I usually can't work without...

On a blog I usually frequent, mention was made that the press is avoiding the fact that it was Bush's desire to increase housing for minorities by campaigning strongly for lending with zero down payments that in part gave people houses that they didn't have the earning power to maintain.

Why hasn't the press trumpeted this error on the part of Bush? The obvious reason is that the conservative press is trying to protect a bad president, while the liberal press, who are supposed to...

I'm currently in a situation that prevents me from finishing my Obama series - the finishing parts are ready, but are on my home PC, and they will need some edits to incorporate the new information provided by Obama's cabinet selections. The next 4-8 years will be interesting times for Obama indeed. Please check out the series when it is completed.

Secondly, I'm going to institute a campaign for more analysis, objective information and attention to be bought to the Nigerian Electric...

The Economics of President Obama

In a democracy, politicians that try to be popular or to remain in office need to track public sentiment to some degree. Obama was to some degree rewarded by the current economic atmosphere, a point I will return to later in this piece. Obama has already announced that he supports a redistributive government with the goal of supporting the poor. The benefits, demerits and limits of redistributing income are all well known to economists.
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Obama as a Moderate Liberal?

Obama is a liberal - no one doubts or denies this. In fact, when I first studied Obama, this was my major concern – I felt that his liberalism was of the religious variety because I could not see how it had been tempered by the failures of his political acts to effect radical change. What lasting tangible effects, negative or positive, had Obama’s acts had on improving the welfare of Black people in his communities? And was he trying to implement those...