Former press secretary Robert Gibbs reports that the White House instructed him not to acknowledge the existence of the Obama drone program: “When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you’re not even to acknowledge the drone program.… Read More
Archives for February 2013
They Have Learned Nothing
In 2016, let’s support another militaristic neocon who won’t change anything. That would be awesome! See “ Rubio a ‘Savior’? Maybe Not, But Many Conservative Groups See (Voting) Perfection .” Then see Gary North on Rubio .
State Senator Sets New Record for Inane Statements
Brian Kelsey, a state senator in Tennessee, chuckled as he tried to correct the benighted souls who support state nullification . Yet practically everything that came out of his mouth was an embarrassing error. (Perhaps he was laughing at himself?) The public figures I find most amusing… Read More
Yes, I Am Calling Brad DeLong a Name, Because He Deserves It
Brad DeLong is a professor of economics at UC Berkeley. He is a Keynesian. He is also a vicious, no-class jerk. I shouldn’t call people names, you say. But what if he really is a vicious jerk with no class? Proof: economist Bob Murphy wrote… Read More
Learn Austrian Economics
My resource page: LearnAustrianEconomics.com .
Pentagon: 800,000 Employees Will Be Furloughed
Is that a threat or a promise?
US Executive: ‘Crazy’ French Unions Can Take a Hike
Maurice Taylor , who heads tire manufacturer Titan International, told the French government yesterday that his firm would not take over a money-losing Goodyear factory. “How stupid do you think we are?” he demanded. I have visited that factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets… Read More
Do Not Go to Law School — Here’s Why
Tucker Max gives six reasons (n.b.: some bad language). I’ll add a seventh: if you want to study constitutional law in law school, you would be happier studying economics under Paul Krugman. A few samples from Tucker Max (the text that follows is his): 1. “I like arguing… Read More
Keynesian Joe Weisenthal Goes Berserk Against Austrians
Robert Wenzel destroys him , of course. Weisenthal tweeted that all the proof you need that the Austrians are a “cult” is that they have invented “their own language.” His evidence? Austrians define inflation in terms of an increase in the money stock rather than as an increase in… Read More
Congress Has 15% Approval Rating
Says Politico . But who knows what this means? For some people, it doubtless means Congress isn’t moving fast enough to shovel them free stuff.