2011 February

Archive for February, 2011

On the WaPo Hit Piece on DiLo

In this article I become the anti-zombie, and defend Tom DiLorenzo from the shocked finger pointing of the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank (who is a guy, I have verified). An excerpt: If someone (like DiLorenzo) wants to praise the good things in the writings of the Founders, and also of the arguments in favor of […]

Twin Spin on Inflation Fears and Monetary Aggregates

With my crazy traveling I didn’t post last week’s article on “Investors Finally Fear the Inflation Precipice.” Here’s an excerpt: When Bernanke made his infamous appearance on 60 Minutes, most analysts understandably focused on his absurd claim that he wasn’t printing money. But the thing that most alarmed me was this exchange (starting at about […]

#Jan25

Yo yo yo, this song goes out to Jeff Tucker and all the other virtual revolutionaries around the world. Free your mind and the rest follows.

Is God Hiding?

In the comments of last week’s post, Gene Callahan and I argued that some of the “unexpected” features of mathematics–such as the expansion of e, or how often pi pops up in nature–are surely evidence of the existence of an intelligent Creator of the universe and the structure of our minds. In contrast, various agnostics […]

Parsing Krugman’s Joke

Usually I get Krugman’s jokes, but this one is unclear to me. I’ll just give the whole blog post: Mike Konczal has a post about Ron Paul’s first hearing on monetary policy, in which he points out that the lead witness is a big Lincoln-hater and defender of the Southern secession. And it’s true! I […]

Paul Krugman Hearts Sweatshops

Not really, but then again neither does Tom DiLorenzo support slavery. Anyway, David R. Henderson does a great job defending Tom from Clay’s attacks. (Sorry for people who don’t know what I’m talking about–I refer to Ron Paul’s first hearing on the Fed since assuming his new post. But I’m finally back home from a […]

Not Evil, Just Lazy

Sometimes it occurs to me that maybe my conspiratorial views are totally baseless. For example, maybe the government wasn’t really trying to take over the banks or the energy sector. Here’s Arnold Kling: As reporters ask me about the report, I in turn ask them where the real report is. I mean, I cannot believe […]

Two Views of Egyptian Protestors

Since I’ve been on the road, I haven’t had time to listen to my usual suite of AM talk radio guys (which I normally hear on the way to work/lunch/etc.). I have just been getting my views of the Egyptian protests from people like Jeff Tucker (who gave a great talk at the Infinite Banking […]