Sunday, April 26, 2009

Aye, Matey!

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I could not be more enthusiastic in recommending Jesse Walker's explanation of what's going on with Somalia and piracy. Read it here...
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Credit-Card Deform

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Beware the unintended consequences of the "Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights," which could pass the House this week. Even as...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Torture

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Of course those who ordered and carried out torture should be prosecuted for criminal wrongdoing. Enough said.
Friday, April 24, 2009

TGIF: Boomerang: Government and Systemic Risk

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If you’re not careful when throwing a boomerang, it could come around and hit you in the back of the neck. Politicians and bureaucrats shoul...

Do They Get to Change Their Votes

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The top U.S. trade official said it isn't necessary to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite a campaign promise b...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

End the Cuban Embargo!

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Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have nothing to talk about. While they do their diplomatic dance, the Cuban people are sufferin...
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Keynesian Cons

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My latest article in The American Conservative is here . A teaser: Indeed, you would be hard-pressed to find a conservative who admits to...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Real Debate

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The foreign-policy debate shouldn't be unilateralism vs. multilateralism, but interventionism vs. noninterventionism.

Government Spending Is No Cure for Recession

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Mario Rizzo debunks the claim that government spending is as good economically as private spending here . Definitely worth reading.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

What Is to Be Done?

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From FEE on Vimeo . Western New England College, March 2009
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Taxation with Misrepresentation

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It’s tax season. Consider what that means. It’s the time of year when you must account for yourself to the government. You must report every...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

TGIF: Bad Regulation Drives Out Good

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In 1969 economist Harold Demsetz identified an important flaw in much public policy analysis, the “Nirvana Fallacy.” We would do well to kee...

Executive Privilege

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I see Barack Obama has one-upped George W. Bush in his defense of executive autocracy by invoking both state secrets and sovereign immunity ...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Beware Systemic Threats

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The current push for a regulatory dictatorship over the financial industry is based on the principle that we must keep on a tight leash any ...
Friday, April 03, 2009

The G(rasping)-20

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We expected little of sense to come out of the G-20 summit, and it met our expectations with flying colors. The rest of TGIF is here .
Thursday, April 02, 2009

The Freeman, April 2009

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

On the Glenn Beck Show Today

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Topic: Is it Fascism or Socialism?
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Walmart: Yea or Nay?

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Good discussion about Walmart going on over at Austro-Athenian Empire, one of my favorite places to hang out on the Net. Have a look . We do...
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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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