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The First New Deal Was Enough, Thanks
The chief instigators at the Suffolk Law talk: From left: Dick Clark (the younger), PIG factory Murphy, and counter-terrorism expert Robert Roughsedge. I was talking with Roughsedge before the shin dig began and I became somewhat concerned when I realized he knew at least 13 ways to kill a man with a spork.
Read moreSpreading Liberty From Coast to Coast
Hey folks, sorry for the sparse posts lately–you get what you pay for–but I’ve been on the road. On Tuesday night Dick Clark (the younger) and the rest of the Suffolk Law Federalist Society hosted my talk on Obama’s new New Deal, and on Thursday morning I am making the case for flat-tax reform to […]
Read moreThe Crafty Chi-Coms
For a client I am doing some digging into the international capital flows of the housing boom years. I knew China had accumulated a lot of Treasurys, but I didn’t realize how much of the world total they had. Don’t read this CRS report [pdf] for the analysis (which is ludicrous in my opinion) but […]
Read moreGreenspan’s Bogus Defense
I take on Greenspan’s self-defense in the WSJ. (No, don’t get excited: Greenspan’s article ran in the WSJ. My critique is on Mises.org.)
Read moreAt the Movies
This is somewhat awkward, because my philosophy with movie reviews is that you just need to find a person with similar tastes, and then s/he tells you, “Yeah that movie was awesome” or “Not sure you’ll like it, but you might, so give it a try if you’re bored.” If I decide I’m going to […]
Read morePotpourri
* Tim Haab over at Env-Econ links to this story about flatulent cows. I don’t care about the fish oil; what caught my eye was the casual discussion of capping the number of farm animals to avert global warming. I had never heard that before; up till now, I thought that was just a reductio […]
Read moreFollow-Up to "Can God Make a Rock So Heavy…"
Last week I tackled the old conundrum of, “Can God make a rock so heavy that He Himself can’t lift it?” My answer was, “Yes, but He chooses not to.” In light of the comments I received, I want to clarify two things: (1) I somewhat flippantly concluded, “This question is no deeper than asking, […]
Read moreWhy Does God Let Bad Things Happen?, Part 29
I’m not saying this is necessarily how things really are, but just suppose you die and go to heaven. You demand of God, “OK, I respect a lot of what You’ve done, but I have a bone to pick with you. What’s the story with the Holocaust? Surely that wasn’t necessary.” Then imagine God says, […]
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