I know lots of Americans hate this subject, so here’s a quick primer. And here’s the page the video mentions.

My favorite line from this week’s Messy Monday video from Blimey Cow , “Five Reasons College Might Be a Waste of Your Time.” (Thanks to Hosanna Myers.)

Max Keiser and his co-host continued the barrage of insults while I was in Tampa this weekend, and of course portrayed my absence as evidence that I am a charlatan who can’t stand the intellectual heat of Max Keiser. They’re a charitable bunch, these guys.…
Read More

I believe economist Bob Murphy is correct that I misinterpreted one of Sandeep Jaitly’s statements in his now-notorious interview with Max Keiser. I found Jaitly to be well meaning but not a particularly good teacher or clear speaker, so half the time I had to speculate on what he…
Read More

Max Keiser has replied to my criticism of his segment last week in which he and his guest criticized Ludwig von Mises and claimed he wasn’t a true Austrian economist [!]. Read his reply . I want people to see it. In response, I have now posted “ My Challenge to Max Keiser .” He continues…
Read More

My friend Jason Jewell, who heads the department of humanities at Faulkner University and who prepared 84 lectures in Western civilization for my Liberty Classroom , made a new year’s resolution in 2011 to read the 60-volume Great Books of the Western World series over the course of seven years, including the…
Read More

Max Keiser had a truly bizarre segment last week in which he and his guest advanced the claim that Ludwig von Mises didn’t qualify as an Austrian economist, so great were his alleged errors and deviations. Keiser himself knows nothing about this, needless to say,…
Read More

This plan , says a booster, will “create jobs,” save Americans money, improve the auto industry, etc. Kind of makes you wonder why automakers wouldn’t just go ahead and do it, if it’s so good for them, but you are not supposed to ask that question.

“What’s Next for Tim Pawlenty?”