Ironic Argument From Jonah Goldberg
I guess Jonah is at least consistent when it comes to impeachment. He is deploying the standard right-winger defense of the judicial system: “If the cops arrest you, you must have done something.”
In any event, I agree that it’s in poor taste for Republicans to bring up the trial of Jesus when talking about impeachment–though strictly speaking, they weren’t saying, “Trump is as/more innocent than Jesus”–but this is actually ironic when Jonah argues: “Similarly, Trump’s total refusal to cooperate with an impeachment investigation may or may not be an impeachable offense. But if he were as innocent as Jesus, he wouldn’t be behaving as if he has something to hide.”
Does anyone else familiar with the gospel accounts find that ironic, or am I predisposed to quibble with Jonah Goldberg?
Should We Trust the Climate Models? Part 1 of 3
The title is pretty self-explanatory. In this first post, I spend most of the article making sure the reader understands what a “95% confidence envelope” is, to then properly interpret the graphs that pro-“consensus” scientists share, to ostensibly demonstrate how reliable the latest batch of models is.
BMS ep 87: Sabine Hossenfelder on “Dark Matter” in Physics, and the Limitations of Current Climate Models
Here’s the podcast episode with links, and below is the video.
Bob Talks More on Hoppe
By popular demand, I elaborate on my conversation with Stephan Kinsella about Hoppe’s argumentation ethics. But then I also talk about Hoppe’s essays on praxeology, which I think have been underrated.
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Measuring Wealth Inequality
If the labor theory of value were correct, this would be the best episode yet of the Bob Murphy Show. My guest is Columbia prof. Wojciech Kopczuk, who is one of the world experts on the inequality literature. But I take a good 25 minutes before the interview, in order to prep the listener on a bunch of issues we end up discussing.
Also, on this one I strongly encourage you to watch the video, at least for my 25 minute intro. I put in a lot of screenshots with graphs etc. to illustrate my points. The interview will make much more sense to you if you at least watch the 25 minute intro of the video.
Here’s the audio version, though, as well as the links to the sources.
Murphy Twin Spin
==> In ep. 84 of the Bob Murphy Show, I give a short (30-min) intro to Nelson Nash’s Infinite Banking Concept (IBC).
==> At IER I respond to Katharine Heyhoe’s NYT article on Christianity and climate science.
A College Student Interviews Bob About Libertarianism
This is a short but fun interview. I get into some things that I don’t usually talk about. The context is that a college student was doing her honors’ thesis on the libertarian worldview, and was interviewing a bunch of us. I asked if we could use our conversation for the podcast.
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