Report : “A police officer can pull over a motorist for a traffic violation even if the officer himself caused the driver to commit the infraction, a federal judge ruled last Tuesday.”

Jon Carin does a great job on vocals in this live Roger Waters performance of “Dogs,” from Pink Floyd’s 1977 Animals album. This is from 2001 and the fantastic In the Flesh tour, which I saw when it passed through New York. It’s on DVD , too. (For…
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I hope you’re sitting down for this: coverage of the “fiscal cliff” is a lot of hype. Bob Murphy looks at the numbers and concludes that if the government goes over the “cliff,” then some $9 billion in cuts will take place. That’s three-tenths of one percent of government spending. By…
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Every month I give out a free signed copy of one of my books to each of ten people who subscribe to my e-letter . Here are December’s winners: Todd Bak Jason Ferguson Bill Jerdee Scott Kearl Angela Moten Ashwin Rao Jim Crumley Joel Cuevas Patrick Watkins…
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This is a long piece, but no longer than strictly necessary. It refutes a few of the most common claims advanced by Greenbackers, opponents of the Fed who believe the solution is to transfer its money-creation monopoly directly to the government. One of Ron Paul’s…
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Around the Woods household at Christmas time, the voice of Perry Como can frequently be heard. It almost wouldn’t be Christmas to me without his voice. Here he is singing “Do You Hear What I Hear,” a song composed as a plea for peace during…
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The heroic Brian Wilson, radio host and program manager at Ohio’s WSPD, was canned from the station last month. The news report says, “Several public officials said they are glad to see him go.” That proves he was good. Check out his exciting new media project , where you will…
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My friend Anthony Gregory and I sometimes argue about whether the Left or the Right is closer to libertarianism or more likely to be sympathetic. I say the Right without the slightest hesitation, partly because that’s where I myself come from and partly because I…
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Just slight cuts in the rate of growth in Social Security spending. And even those amount to about $2 per month for most recipients.

Your anti-market friends are not going to listen to this lecture by Dom Armentano, author of Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure and professor emeritus at the University of Hartford. That’s not what it’s there for. It’s for you to listen to — while you’re cleaning your house or doing other…
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