Ron Paul has been booed a few times in the Republican debates, primarily for saying things every expert knows and the whole world considers Americans slightly deranged for trying not to know. What the booers don’t bother to consider is this: what other candidate, with… Read More
Archives for September 2011
Mises Institute Taking Summer Fellowship Applications
From the Mises blog : Deadline for applications is February 13, 2012 These are not internships in the regular sense. The Mises Institute permits and expects its Fellows to pursue serious intellectual work under the direct guidance of faculty in residence, including academic vice president Joseph Salerno . You will develop an expertise… Read More
Cain Is Worse Than I Thought
In April 2008 he was still saying he could see nothing wrong with the economy! Read for yourself . (Thanks to Tom Eddlem for this.) Forgive me for beating a dead horse on this. I’ve made a five-minute video and a resource page on Cain, and I’ve written this post and this post . I just cannot… Read More
Charity, Health Care, and the Free Market
When Ron Paul suggested in a Republican debate that the charitable efforts of a free people were the answer to those who needed medical care and were genuinely unable to pay, critics scoffed. Why, doesn’t he know we’re too wicked to do that? We need… Read More
Any Kansans Out There?
My family and I just moved to Topeka last year and are still looking around for like-minded folks. Thankfully, I’ll be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Libertarians of Northeast Kansas tomorrow night. People will begin gathering around 6:30pm and the program will start… Read More
Right-Deviationists Dominate U.S. Communist Party
As in 2008, the Communist Party USA is endorsing Barack Obama for president. CPUSA national chairman Sam Webb, in an article defending the endorsement, acknowledges that he is “disappointed with some aspects of the Obama administration’s domestic and foreign policy.”
Cain: Just Call Up the Fed With Your Concerns
Over at EconomicPolicyJournal, Robert Wenzel is taking Herman Cain’s advice: During various campaign stops, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has suggested that there is no need for another audit of the Fed, that sufficient audits have been conducted. He also has said that if there… Read More
Monica Lewinsky, Recluse
The Daily Mail headline says it all: “‘A social pariah’: How lonely Monica Lewinsky has failed to find happiness…and is STILL the butt of lewd Clinton jokes.”
6 Habits of Highly Annoying Public Speakers
We’ve all had to sit through this kind of thing before. Read this hilarious critique of the classic annoying public speaker. N.b.: some rough language. (Thanks to John Delano for the link.)
