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Blu-Ray, Netflix and Our Troubled Economy

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Sony prevailed over Toshiba in the shoot-out over high-def DVDs. [Credit: originalprop.com]

Sony pre­vailed over Toshi­ba in the shoot-out over high-def DVDs. [Cred­it: originalprop.com]

Why can’t you stream your favorite movie on Net­flix? And what does that have to do with a scle­rot­ic economy?

Econ­o­mist and invest­ment strate­gist Jef­frey Snider offers an intrigu­ing expla­na­tion. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

David Stockman sez we’re all gonna die! He’s wrong. Right?

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Showtime's Savanarola from The Borgias

Show­time’s Sava­naro­la from The Borgias

Sea­son 3 of The Bor­gias pre­mieres on Show­time this Sun­day . For those not yet ensnared in this addic­tion, the series tells the sto­ry of Renais­sance Pope Alexan­der VI, one of the papacy’s most dev­il­ish­ly inter­est­ing char­ac­ters. Show­time takes the usu­al Hol­ly­wood lib­er­ties with his­to­ry, though Alexan­der, born in Spain as Rodri­go de Bor­gia, led a life that needs no embell­ish­ing. Con­tin­ue read­ing →