Monday, March 30, 2009

Appearance on Arkansas Public TV

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I appeared on AETN's Unconventional Wisdom , hosted by David Sanders, on March 27, 2009. The topic of discussion was the banking crisis...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Which Politician Came Up with the Idea that Dying for Your Country Is a Good Thing?

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Watched Clint Eastwood's two excellent Iwo Jima movies, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima," this wee...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

What the Drug Warriors Have Given Us

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Violence among Mexico’s drug cartels and government has spilled over the U.S. border and beyond. Does anyone still think the “war on drugs”...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

China: Don't Buy Government Bonds!

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An urgent message to the people of China: Don’t lend the U.S. government another dime. The rest of this week's op-ed, "China: Don...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

They Don't Read the Bills

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Rep. Maxine Waters of California admits that members of Congress don't read the bills they vote on. (Of course, we already knew this.) S...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Crocodile Tears over AIG

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If politicians spill any more crocodile tears over AIG, the EPA might have to declare Washington, D.C., a protected wetland. Sweep aside the...

No More Something for Nothing

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Barack Obama says we shouldn't expect something for nothing. Fine -- many of us don't want the "something" anyway. Now whe...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Stimulus is Working!

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Stimulus has cities securing lobbyists Race is on to get bit of $787 billion Headline in today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscriptio...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

The Therapeutic State

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From the Associated Press : EASTON, Pa. - A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he’...
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Crisis and Opportunity

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“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” ...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

That's Politics for You

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I found this interesting tidbit in Wikipedia's entry on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act : Democrats agreed to support the bill after Republi...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

Free to Consume, Or Not

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As someone who is rather less eager to consume than previously, I feel harassed by the government, mainstream economists, and news media. Yo...
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New-Boss Watch

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[Corrected] Barack Obama had an opportunity to break with the usurpations of the Bush regime by agreeing to have the Supreme Court hear Ali ...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

Obama's Uninformed Optimism

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President Obama is optimistic that “We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.” Th...
Friday, February 27, 2009

All About Greed

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It comes down to greed. That’s what the economic turmoil is all about for many people. Too many of us were greedy, and now everyone is payin...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Mr. Obama, What About Tomorrow?

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The Obama administration’s $275 billion bailout for mortgage lenders and troubled borrowers once again shows that “tomorrow-be-damned” think...
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Less than Nothing

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The story is told that Ludwig von Mises was once asked, "Do you mean to say that the government should have done nothing during the Gre...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Shame

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Obama flunks a big civil liberties/foreign policy test, according to the incomparable Glenn Greenwald. Read it here .
Saturday, February 14, 2009

What to Fear

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The only thing to fear ... is ... government itself.
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Belatedly

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Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!