A headline the author spends the rest of his time undermining . I barged into my son’s room on Wednesday afternoon to ask him when he wanted dinner, and discovered him watching  a Khan Academy video  to help with his chemistry homework. And I thought: that story I’ve been working…
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Here’s Leonard Read, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education. I had never heard him speak until this video.

At least 253,330 brain injuries and 1700 amputations , writes Spencer Ackerman.

Tax revenues fell precipitously in Greece last month.

Raytheon’s Rapid Information Overlay Technology, or Riot, seeks to gather intelligence on people by canvassing their social media. The Guardian reports : “Riot was featured in a newly published patent Raytheon is pursuing for a system designed to gather data on people from social networks, blogs…
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I was extremely surprised to learn this morning that Pope Benedict XVI, 85, has decided to renounce the papal chair on the grounds of advancing age and deteriorating health. In my opinion he has been the best pope since Pius XII. That’s not to say…
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Today and tomorrow (February 11 and 12). Today I’m talking to Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America . Listen live (no subscription necessary) from 10am-12pm Eastern today. Number to call in: 855-4-SCHIFF.

Harper’s magazine, talking to Monopoly champion Richard Marinaccio, writes : “Monopoly players around the kitchen table”—which is to say, most people—“think the game is all about accumulation,” he said. “You know, making a lot of money. But the real object is to bankrupt your opponents as quickly as…
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Four out of five Americans either have been laid off during the recession or know someone who has, according to a recent study . On a related note, I read yesterday that during the housing bubble years, the net creation of breadwinner jobs was zero.

You don’t say! You mean, taxation isn’t all about looting rich people and handing the money to me? Some people are encountering reality the hard way.