Tag Archives: Fads

Is the hype about AI real? Or insane?

Posted on 2026-09-21 by TPOL Nathan

And just what is this really about? Is it intended to distract people from other problems and actions? In recent days, the entire conversation about Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Idiocy? Alien Intel? Alien Invasion? Awfully Ignorant?) seems to have gone to … Continue reading →

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The data center controversy

Posted on 2026-07-22 by TPOL Nathan

Is the Data Center Controversy as artificial as the artificial intelligence that supposedly is pushing it? Or is there something else going on? Continue reading →

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Economics, Populist Fads, and Government

Posted on 2016-05-18 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-20B By Nathan Barton Governments are organizations where “group-think” is a large part of how they do things. They are unaccountable to the mechanisms of the free market. And they are made up of people (both the elite … Continue reading →

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Fads and Fallacies

Posted on 2016-01-13 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-02C  By Nathan Barton We find so many examples today of how false beliefs have dominated the news and politics. Here are a few, and we quickly find that they are limited to just conservatives or liberals – … Continue reading →

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