Stupid, or Evil: You Decide
(Click on the image to enlarge it to a more readable size.) The crackpots around Lew Rockwell are not content with trying to get countries to eschew or eliminate nuclear…
Month: February 2010
Off to Russia…(I hope)
I was scheduled to fly to Moscow tomorrow (Saturday) for a series of lectures, seminars, and meetings in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but just a few feet of snow seem…
All Drug Warriors and Advocates of the Drug War: Take Note
Reason’s Jacob Sullum: “If We Make Sure We’re Not Killing Innocent People, We Might Not Get to Kill Anyone at All“
Smooth Politics
Biden Criticized For Appearing In Hennessy Ads
Now We Know What Real Humor Is….Or at Least Real Jokes
Michael Moynihan of Reason has been doing some super sleuthing. He wants to know, “Just what makes something humorous?” And now he has the answer: Jonathan Chait, to whom he…
Rand-o-Rama
A nicely done video on the enduring legacy of Ayn Rand. I’m not a follower (I’m more eclectic in my views), but I find much to admire in her work,…
Midnight in DC
On my way back from the gym…. Taken with my handy new iPhone…
The Poverty of Rhetoric
It’s astonishing how poorly equipped many people are today to handle the art of rhetoric, as indicated by the puerile attempts to put down my friend Vero for being French….
Chait “responds,” sort of
Jonathan Chait disgraces himself once more. First he mocked Veronique de Rugy’s French name, then in his defense he makes fun of the “G” in my name, which I have…
My Case for Free Trade in Caijing, China’s Leading Magazine of Economic Policy
One of China’s most prestigious and influential magazines, Caijing, today ran my article on free trade: “Weaken Our Trade Barriers: It is not only America’s leaders who are erring, Chinese…