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Jake Tapper vs. Jay Carney on President Killing U.S. Citizens

Really, stop what you are doing and just watch this. It’s short. Even though you know what the ultimate position is, try to forget that for a minute and listen with fresh ears. This is simply astounding. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Notes From the Six-Year-Old on Social Choice

On two possible stories (one involving porcupines and one involving bears) that I might tell in the car: Clark: Let’s decide which story we want to hear. If we pick the same story then that’s the one we’ll tell. If we pick different stories, then we’ll tell the one that I picked. Bob: Whoa, if […]

Nick Rowe, Kung Fu Master

I’m not sure what to make of this guy Nick Rowe. I picture him as a veteran Kung Fu master, who declined to help when I told him my clan was going to battle the evil Keynesian duke. But then when some of the women and children in our town got ambushed, Master Rowe appeared […]

Paul Krugman, Pet of Big Government

That’s my latest post at the IER blog, in response to Krugman’s shrugging off of the Solyndra scandal. An excerpt: To repeat, the Solyndra scandal is not simply a matter of the federal government wasting money on bad business ideas—the government does that all the time. Rather, Solyndra is “special” because the government managed to […]

Murphy Does Bratislava

I don’t know how to embed the videos here on the blog, but if you go to this link you can see my presentation (to a crowd of about 300) from Monday night in Bratislava, Slovakia and then the Q&A afterward. I’m being particularly demonstrative with the opening jokes to make sure everyone was with […]

Theory and History

From my article on the grocery store: In light of the above, let me offer a tip: When buying something from the dairy department, don’t just grab the first unit on the shelf. Often if you look two or three rows back, you will find a fresher one. Besides the officially stamped expiration date, there […]

George Clooney Stars in New Movie About Ron Paul

Man Jon Stewart has pull. He lets Hollywood know that Ron Paul is all right, and BAM a major motion picture.

Murphy Twin Spin

On Monday I shared my thoughts on grocery stores, and yesterday I discussed Operation Twist. Some excerpts from the latter: Just the fact that it’s an “operation” is disturbing. Ever since the crisis began, officials have deployed the military metaphor since their only solution to social problems is to start blowing things up. We have […]