“Energy Independence”….
John Stossel on Energy Independence
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Falling Poverty
“Although world population has increased by about 80% over this time (World Bank 2009), the number of people below the $1 a day poverty line has shrunk by nearly 64%,…
“This situation bears an eerie resemblance to the employment situation during the Great Depression”….
Robert Higgs in Investor’s Business Daily: “The Disappearing Private-Sector Jobs“
A Delight to Behold
I have just received the PDF of the Dari (the Persian spoken in Afghanistan) version of the book Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, by…
A Libertarian Take on One Year of Obama
David Boaz on NPR.org: “For This Libertarian, Obama’s First Year Looks Grim“
Is the Welfare State Justified?
My old friend Danny Shapiro on Book TV on his very good book of the same name: “Is the Welfare State Justified?” The book is a very serious and —…
Divided Government Revived…a Little
CNN: “Brown wins Massachusetts Senate race” “A Case for Divided Government” “Dividing Power” “Would Divided Government Be Better?” “Three Cheers for Divided Government” “We miss you, Bubba”
Randy Barnett on the Unconstitutionality of the “Individual Mandate”
From NPR: “Opponents Threaten Court Battle on Health Mandate”
Martin Luther King Day
One of the great speeches of American history 28 August 1963 Full text here
More Smears From Lew Rockwell & Obviously Deliberate
The racist Lew Rockwell (or do I repeat myself?) has once again launched an ugly smear. His post is vintage Rockwell: deceitful and malicious. Here’s what Cato president Ed Crane…