Category Archives: Media

Biting the Hand That Feeds: Occupy Protestors Close Apple Store on Black Friday

Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The video above shows Occupy Oakland protestors accosting a customer trying to enter the Apple Store in San Francisco on Black Friday. So much for the movement being a whole new paradigm — a whole new paradigm in thuggery, perhaps.

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Posted in Business, Crime, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Apple Store, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, San Francisco | 9 Comments

America’s First Experiment with Socialism

Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I discovered this brilliant Reason.tv video via Divided We Stand United We Fall. Sorry for the delay, I’ve just reawakened from my tryptophan-induced coma. Happy belated Thanksgiving!

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Posted in Finance and Economics, Food Security, Humor, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Pilgrims, Plymouth, Property Rights, Puritans, Reason.tv, Socialism, Thanksgiving, Trytophan, William Bradford | Leave a comment

Freedom vs. Security: Why Pepper Spray Is a Civilized Way to Disrupt Law-Breaking Protests

Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

There is an interesting debate going on at Tarheel Red with Nick from Poison Your Mind about the pepper-spray incident at University of California-Davis. The video images of the pepper-spray incident at UC-Davis do not look good. Apparently, they are so … Continue reading →

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Posted in California, Crime, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes | Tagged Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Illegal Protests, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Pepper Spray, UC-Davis | 47 Comments

Evidence of an American Caste System?

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My father was a high school math teacher. My mother was an elementary school teacher. My younger sister teaches junior high mathematics. I, however, pursued a different path than my parents did. In both the military and in the financial services industry, up to 50% … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Leadership, Media, Politics | Tagged Caste System, Chelsea Clinton, Democrats, Jenna Bush, MSNBC, NBC, Republicans | 4 Comments

Newt Gingrich Won the Republican Debate

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Newt Gingrich won the debate hands down. No one else was even close. He was honest and pragmatic on immigration, recognizing the tough reality that a percentage of the eleven million illegal immigrants have been living and contributing to American … Continue reading →

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Posted in Central Asia, China, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Crime, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, War | Tagged CNN Debate, Decision 2012, Gasoline, Immigration, Iran, Newt Gingrich, Republican Debate, Republicans, Who Won the Debate?, Who Won? | 22 Comments

Wake up, Pond Scum

Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

It is a rare thing when an artist or author rebels against the liberal orthodoxy. But Sin City and 300 creator, Frank Miller does just that in his recent blog post entitled, “Anarchy.” He begins with the following: Everybody’s been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Leadership, Media, Politics | Tagged Anarchy, Comics, Frank Miller, Terrorism | 12 Comments

Battle of the Crater: Fascinating Tale of a Little-Known Battle

Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Battle of the Crater is Newt Gingrich’s and William R. Forstchen’s fascinating historical novel about this infamous battle, in which the Union Ninth Corps attempted to end the siege of Petersburg, Virginia (Click here to listen to an excerpt from the audiobook … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Reviews, California, Central Asia, China, Climate Change, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, International Security, Mathematics, Media, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Science, Technology, War | Tagged Battle of the Crater, Book review, Civil War, Newt Gingrich, United States, William R. Forstchen | 6 Comments

ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part III): Equality of Opportunity Does Not Imply Equality of Outcomes

Posted on Saturday, November 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in one’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing | Tagged Affirmative action, Democrats, Nepotism, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR | 7 Comments

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (October 2011 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 30 Comments

Profiles in Incompetence: Mayor Jean Quan of Oakland

Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Sometimes the decisions and actions of a single individual can lead to disaster. It does not happen often, because most good leaders surround themselves with people who help them compensate for their blind spots. Mayor Jean Quan is not one of those … Continue reading →