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LOST Delusions

by Jason T. Kocher September 10th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV » Society »

Yes. I am aware that it has been well over a year since the television series LOST wrapped up.

But I have trouble letting things go, especially good things gone bad that could have been so damn good.

LOST was one of those rare what-the-fuck-is-happening, magical mystery shows that combined great writing, direction, and acting throughout its run. Building an abstract, [...]

Time Suck Evolution

by Jason T. Kocher August 22nd, 2011 Culture » Video Games »

I am obsessive.

I am a perfectionist.

But most of the energy has been sucked into the almost endless time spiral of video game simulations.

I remember years and years lost to the Madden franchise, long nights adjusting my franchise with surgeon’s tools, plowing through games just to see the team’s progression, and finally using a hammer to pound through impossible trades [...]

The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

by Jason T. Kocher August 15th, 2011 Politics » Culture » The Written Word »

I don’t wanna be a candidate for Vietnam or Watergate…

Luckily, Reason writers Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch – they of the Free Minds, Free Markets persuasion – have co-written a new book which recognizes this preference, celebrating our modern world, one of competing luxuries and increasingly expressive and diverse individuals [...]

EconStories.tv – Keynes vs. Hayek

by Jason T. Kocher August 13th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV » Politics »

EconStories.tv is the offspring of award winning video director John Papola and Russ Roberts professor of economics at George Mason University.

I remember being skeptical when I saw a link to their first video, “Fear the Boom and Bust” an economic rap battle between John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek, but after bopping through the video it was immediately clear [...]

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