As I write this, in the wake of tonight’s Republican debate, he is number 7 on Google Trends. Plastic Man is number 8, to my surprise. No other candidates appear among the top 20 searches. UPDATE: Now #4.
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Does that 1798 Act Make Obamacare Constitutional?
Left-liberals have been arguing that the 1798 Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen, which none of them knew about until well after Obama’s health-care bill passed, makes Obama’s bill constitutional. Touching as this sudden constitutional scrupulosity may be, the 1798 act proves… Read More
Want to Understand the World? Read These Books
Here’s my short list of books I would recommend to someone who is interested in the ideas on this site and wants to learn more. If you read and absorb these books you will never look at the world the same way again. If you’re… Read More
How Not to Write a Book
My erstwhile colleague Chris Ferrara has written a book called The Church and the Libertarian, which is in fact an attack on the Austrian School of economics. If you know the author’s other work, it is what you would expect. Now comes Tony Flood, who… Read More
The Great American Political Spectrum — All 2.7 Inches
Noam Chomsky correctly observes, “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that… Read More
Tea Party Express: We’ll Take the Plastic Man
Amy Kremer, who chairs the Tea Party Express, told FOX News the other day, “Whoever the Republican nominee is will have to have the support of the Tea Party movement, the entire Tea Party movement.” She went on to say that this included Mitt Romney. (Thanks to Anthony… Read More
Ron Paul and the Age Issue
Ronald Reagan had to deal with the so-called age issue in 1984. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it come up in a future GOP presidential debate in connection with Ron Paul. How should he answer? That’s for him to decide, of course, though he’ll… Read More
The Ron Paul Moneybomb
The Ron Paul Debate Day Moneybomb has raised just over $1 million, a very substantial achievement. The initial goal was $2 million. One thing that would help fundraising substantially is some kind of indication that the money will be better spent this time. Many people… Read More