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Dr. Thomas Sowell, an economist who is also one of the sharpest conservative minds of our time, has a brilliant article on the foolishness of America looking to Europe for, well, anything.

Dr. Thomas Sowell, an economist who is also one of the sharpest conservative minds of our time, has a brilliant article on the foolishness of America looking to Europe for, well, anything.

From this morning's NY Times:

Before I write anything else, let me emphasize that I believe the real news here is a major earthquake. As I write this, the news reports indicate 900 high schools students are trapped beneath rubble. As a parent, I know where my mind and heart are as I read such news.

An investigative report by Channel 5 in Nashville has revealed that the 74,000 acre Sundquist state wildlife area, which cost Tennessee taxpayers $40 million dollars to purchase, is now being mined by Knoxville-based National Coal.

Cowboy boots are not an optimal footwear choice for this story.

I might as well be wearing Teflon coated hiking boots, attempting to scale a mountain of grease.

I am on top of the bridge under construction that crosses over Franklin Road.

I’m not feeling the love for Congress right now.  We have an economy gasping for air, a real estate market hobbled by bad lending practices via a subprime mortgage mess, an illegal war, a legal war (lest we forget Afghanistan), an environment gasping for air (hey, it’ll eventually take care of itself and the cockroaches), a national deficit that is nauseating in its enormity, and a major city demolished two years ago that’s still sitting as a big pile of rubble.