On December 16th, 1961 the world turned upside down and inside out, and I was born screaming in America. I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted a fireman, a policeman, a doctor, even president it seemed. But like many kids growing up on a steady diet of westerns I always wanted to be the cowboy hero that lone voice in the wilderness fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice.
Must Reads/Op-eds
Election Day: Only Josh Silver Won (Phenomenal article by Lawrence Lessig)
Donald Trump is Moving to the White House, and Liberals Put Him There (Thomas Frank writing at The Guardian)
Op-eds/Must Reads
Five Reasons You Should Blame The Economics Discipline For Today’s Problems (Excellent read, Forbes)
Op-eds/Must Reads
Ilargi: Ungovernability (Naked Capitalism)
‘The Woman is a Disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton (The Spectator)
Opinon/Must Reads
The Cashless Society Is a Creepy Fantasy (Bloomberg)
Sorry Not Sorry: Politico’s Thrush Doubles Down on Podesta Emails (U.S. media is a total disgrace, The Hill)
Two weeks worth of links today.
Opinion/Must Reads
Aide Planted Anti-Bank Comments in One Paid Clinton Speech to Throw Reporters Off the Scent (The Intercept)
The Press Buries Hillary Clinton’s Sins (The Wall Street Journal)
Opinion/Must Reads
Gary Johnson: Take a Deep Breath, Voters. There Is a Third Way. (Op-ed by Gary Johnson, New York Times)
Geopolitics/Foreign Affairs
Opinion/Must Reads
“FBI Is Handing Out Immunity Deals Like Candy” (Total insanity, Zerohedge)
