Sunday 18 April 2010

Today's Boston Globe articles

1. Airline Economics: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/04/18/airline_carry_on_fee_wheres_the_free_market_spirit/

I agree: the airlines have a legitimate interest in charging for the business expense. Unless the amount gets unconscionable, the federal administrators should look elsewhere for problems.

2. Innovation and Imitation: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/04/18/the_imitation_economy/

Innovation should still trump imitation, in business and in life. Sure, imitation is essential in a mass market economy, but innovation will drive economic growth and human progress.

3. American History: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/04/18/the_charge_is_murder/

I disagree: the facts are too nebulous and scanty to satisfy the legal elements of murder. Involuntary (or even voluntary reckless) manslaughter seem more appropriate, and the solders' trial applied the law correctly in light of the facts.

4. History (books): I'm interested in reading this book, and looking at America through the observer Tocqueville. Though seeing America then and America now may well render me a cynic.

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