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In Honor of the March for Science

I think the progressives really have no sense of self-awareness or irony. For years, a standard talking point among climate skeptics was that government funding made it very lucrative to exaggerate the possible influence of humans on global temperatures. Naturally, the “pro-science” community recoiled in horror at the very suggestion at such a crass motivation. […]

It’s Almost Like PolitiFact Is Biased

Check out these two PolitiFact items and tell me what you guys think about the scoring. ==> This one on Trump on Obama. ==> This one on Rand Paul on ObamaCare.

Conspiracy Theory

Gene Callahan recently wrote on the funny way we use this term in our society, but I want to use Scott Sumner’s recent comments as a springboard. Note, Scott is not unusual in his usage, but I’m using his example because I just saw it today. In this post, Scott was arguing that he wasn’t […]

Glenn Greenwald Is So Awesome

Just watch him–and I mean literally, watch his facial expressions–during this interview.

Hillary Clinton vs FBI Director

Reason.tv did a good job assembling this: By all means, go off on the FBI in the comments. But I think they might be thinking, “Hey guys, we’ve given you all you need to know what’s up. We don’t want to wake up with a horse’s head.”

Old Obama Footage on Paving the Way to Single Payer

A lot of people–even prominent libertarian economists–have told me they think I’m paranoid for believing that at least some of the architects of the Affordable Care Act knew full well it would lead to a single payer system. (One of their arguments is that the federal government can’t do anything right, how could they pull […]

The U.S. Situation and Danny’s Song

So far everyone has been nonplussed by this.

Bernanke the Consultant

Reuters explains Ben Bernanke’s new gig: Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is joining bond giant Pimco as a senior adviser, as the firm seeks to bolster its star power following the departure of co-founder Bill Gross. The move may be questioned by some competitors who had criticized the Fed during Bernanke’s reign for being […]