The Iowa Straw Poll is irrelevant and should be abandoned , says National Review. It’s not about the preferences of the people, it’s about who can bus in more voters.

Good for them . This always struck me as an Orwellian neologism. The thinking seemed to go, “These people hold an unfashionable view. And they disagree with me. Therefore, they cannot be rational. They must have some type of clinical disorder.” Even a few libertarians, to their everlasting…
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A postcard mailed in 1943 just arrived at the intended address.

Politico’s headline: “ A New Bush Rises .”

Warns a professor at the Naval Academy. (Thanks to Kevin Gutzman.)

Walmart reported its best Black Friday ever (Black Thursday, really, since the sales started on Thanksgiving night), in spite of union-inspired strikes at a number of stores across the country. “We work hard, so we just want a decent wage,” said one participant. Now please, I…
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A reader alerts me to his plan to change minds .

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Thanks to EconomicPolicyJournal.com for linking to this takedown of Paul Krugman’s case for bringing back extremely high marginal income tax rates. Here are my own responses to the high-taxes-gave-us-prosperity people: 1.  Says the Left: We Were Rich and Awesome When Taxes Were Higher 2.  Seizing Your Money Is Good For You, Citizen: Where Else Would We Get Rainbows and Sunshine?  (this is a reply to a critic of #1)