In my old line of work, “Stealth” meant something else entirely. \u00a0But here at the Glimpse, we love cabins as clever, cozy getaways. \u00a0Stock them with a few dozen\u00a0hundred books, and we’re all set.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Richard Epstein describes his new book: More specifically, the proper scope of the police power is tied to the two reasons that lead people to join a political compact in the first place. The first reason is to control the use of force and fraud. The second is to allow state taxation and coercion to […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Denver’s got its share of odd bus stops, especially out in Lowry, but nothing like this: There’s been a lot of talk about making bus stops more functional, including announcements, apps that show when the next bus is due, and so on. \u00a0I don’t think it’s as\u00a0important to make them fun and interesting, but it […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

A look at the household demographics of income inequality, from AEI’s Mark Perry: Most of the discussion on income inequality focuses on the relative differences over time between low-income and high-income American households, but it\u2019s also instructive to analyze the demographic differences among income groups at a given point in time to answer the question: […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Trying to encourage spontaneous, serendipitous interactions at work. The design of the office \u201cmotivates people to move around the office and interact in casual, unscheduled ways,\u201d he explains–just like the well-planned public spaces of a great city. Early concepts for the office were motivated by old 18th-century maps of cities. \u201cWhen I think about a […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

This one from Ira Stoll: Mr. Levin acknowledges that, 200 years later, America\u2019s right-left arguments don\u2019t always map so neatly onto the Burke-Paine diagram. I found myself recognizing the libertarian hero Milton Friedman of \u201cFree To Choose\u201d fame in Mr. Levin\u2019s description of Paine\u2019s emphasis on the individual and choice. Mr. Levin refers once to […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

A more nuanced rejoinder to the Pope’s comments on capitalism. As Rev. Robert Sirico points out in\u00a0a recent interview, Pope Francis is from Argentina where \u201cfree market capitalism\u201d isn\u2019t, in fact, all that free. The economic system in his home country is\u00a0plagued by corruption and cronyism, which have greatly limited real economic freedom. Perhaps this […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Alexis Madrigal\u00a0posted this graph-filled gem about three weeks ago, but it’s still relevant. \u00a0At least some of the answer may be increased diesel demand in Europe.  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n

All your Bitcoins are belong to us: How much of an impact on the difficulty of Bitcoin mining such super miners will have is difficult to say. The Bitcoin algorithm adjusts the difficulty every 2016 blocks to keep the rate at about 10 minutes to solve a block. It the hardware improves then the difficulty […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

This sounds like fun: This Thankgsiving Eve, travelers through Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport found their baggage claim conveyor belt festooned with what appeared to be Zappos advertising banners, but which were in fact prize markers for clothing, appliances, accessories and gift certificates. I would gladly trade the grisly post-apocalyptic set of murals at DIA […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Some climatologists are now worried about global cooling: According to the scientists, the oft-cited \u201cstagnation\u201d in rising global temperatures over the last 15 years is due to the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean oscillation cycle, which lasts about 65 years. Ocean oscillation is past its \u201cmaximum,\u201d leading to small decreases in global temperature. The de Vries […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Apple previews iBeacon in its stores today: If you own any iPhone more recent than the 4, walk into any US Apple retail store today and you\u2019ll get a taste of the possibly-dystopian future of retail and the internet of things. That\u2019s because\u00a0Apple just rolled out a technology called iBeacon in all 254 of its […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Reports of the yuan replacing the euro are greatly exaggerated: At most, around 15% of China\u2019s trade (paywall) is currently settled in yuan. Either a big chunk of global trade\u2014more than half\u2014would need to come from China for 8.7% of global trade to be settled in yuan, or companies outside China would need to be […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n