Before the Internet, and before the recent resurgence of interest in the Austrian School of economics , conservatives might have fallen for the likes of this guy , and his article “The Conservative Case for QE2.” They might have been a little uncomfortable about it, but they had to take what… Read More
Archives for 2011
Least Predatory States?
My wife forwarded me this article about the 66% tax hike in Illinois — temporary, you understand, and just to see the state through its budget crisis. That got me to thinking: has anyone ranked the states according to tax burden — property, sales, and income? I know taxes aren’t… Read More
Unsung Hero
I am constantly amazed that Sirius/XM radio host Mike Church is not better known. He is far and away the best host on satellite radio: funny, incisive, knowledgeable, and right. In recent years he has become a Ron Paul supporter, even though it meant losing listeners. So… Read More
See You in Mississippi
I’ll be speaking at the Mississippi College School of Law on January 19, thanks to an invite from the Federalist Society. Here’s the event page .
Idaho Governor: We Are Considering Nullification
Regarding the Obama health program, Governor Butch Otter recently said : “We are actively exploring all our options – including nullification.” Governor Otter, whom I met for breakfast in November, has in fact read my book on this . We’ll see what happens. (Thanks to reader Chris B. for the… Read More
Back on the Road to Serfdom
Next month my new book, Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse , will be released. That’s the one I’ll be promoting like crazy. In the meantime, though, I am also editor of this just-released book, Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism , published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. A bunch of really good essays by top scholars.… Read More
The Heroic Tenth Amendment Center
Check out the great marathon of guests (scroll down!) slated for tomorrow (Monday) in support of the Tenth Amendment Center , a great and radical organization founded by the heroic Michael Boldin. Hope you’ll tune in, and maybe even help them out!
We Would All Die Without Government Science Funding
Or so we casually assume. This piece , linked today on the LRC blog, argues otherwise. The book it cites numerous times, Terence Kealey’s The Economic Laws of Scientific Research , is a stunning revisionist work on the effects (and necessity, or otherwise) of government science funding, one of those things everyone knows… Read More
No, Really, We’re Just Seeking the Truth
Great Depression Cooking
I know I’m late to this, but how interesting. An Internet entrepreneur in her 90s teaches people today how to prepare the kinds of meals they ate during the Depression. Below is one example, though she has many other videos. She also has a book,… Read More