George Selgin on why they’re all wet .
Thank You, Lew Rockwell
No Phony Gold Standards
When you hear talk about returning to the “gold standard,” be sure you know what the speaker means by the term. There are plenty of phony gold standards out there. The supply-sider/neocon version, which is touted as “the gold standard,” is just a gold price… Read More
Lower the Debt Ceiling!
As usual, the correct position is the exact opposite of what the major networks bark at you. Among many other good things, lowering the debt ceiling would improve investor confidence, by making clear that fewer resources will be siphoned off by the tax parasites in… Read More
Just What the Economy Needs Now: More Coerced Loans
That’s what Attorney General Eric Holder is pushing for . More pressure for politically motivated lending, more “set-asides” for people with bad credit histories, more mortgages for people who wouldn’t qualify unless “public assistance” is counted as genuine income. This is all being done in the context… Read More
Historian Distorts; I Reply
I was complaining the other day about the distortions I found in a book I was reading about American foreign policy. The person I was complaining to told me to turn my irritation into an article. This I have done .
Might These Be Scare Tactics?
Obama warns that Social Security payments might not go out if the budget and debt-ceiling impasse is not resolved. I am no supporter of scams funded by expropriation, but if Social Security payments are not made it will not be because Obama’s hands were tied. … Read More
Fly From Here
I’m listening to the new Yes album, Fly From Here , in advance of seeing them in concert tomorrow. I resisted seeing Yes without Jon Anderson for several years, but since this is presumably one of their last tours I decided to give in. (I first saw them… Read More
Restaurant Bans Kids Under 6: Is This “Discrimination”?
My wife came across this article about a heroic restaurant in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, that has chosen not to allow entry to children under 6. This is in response to inconsiderate, doltish parents who do not understand that some restaurants are for a quiet night out, and that… Read More
Progressive Half Gets It
Adam Serwer at the American Prospect writes : Recently, Cato’s C. Bradley Thompson wrote about neoconservatism, saying that neoconservatives “are and always have been, by contrast, defenders of the post–New Deal welfare state.” Other than David Frum, I’m not aware of too many conservatives who have offered… Read More
