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Some various YouTube links for you: ==> FEE president Larry Reed’s “Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy.” This is a talk that he’s been giving for years (I believe). ==> Louis CK versus Jay Leno. I was actually surprised by how well Leno stood up against the man who is, in my opinion, the world’s […]

Jon Stewart Rips Obama’s “I Just Heard About This Too” Defense

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Clive Crook on DeLong

I don’t care so much about the actual argument they are having (over Krugman, no less), but I thought this was funny from Clive Crook (HT2 Scott Sumner): Brad DeLong has commented on my beef with Paul Krugman. I’m reluctant to engage, to be honest, because his post exemplifies the intemperance I’m addressing. Once an admirer, […]

Most of My Facebook Friends

This is great.

THE ZOMBIE RETURNS! Woods-Murphy Live in NYC, June 8

Oh my, Tom and I are cooking up…something wonderful. This is one artist’s rendition of the phenomenon: Here’s Tom’s main event page, here’s the Facebook event page, and here is where you get tickets. If you know you’re going–and unless your wife will be in labor, why would you miss this?–act now, because special discount […]

Krugman vs. Murphy: The Animated Series

So Noah Smith has a pretty funny post, casting Krugman as Voltron versus me (and a bunch of others) as the monotonous grab-bag of robot monsters. On Facebook some people were offering cartoonish rejoinders. Joshua Ammons showed what a two face Krugman is: while Naomi Jeys dug up her caricature of me from a few […]

Jon Stewart Makes Fun of CNN

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National Lampoon’s Meets Stakeout

A few times a year, a bird gets into my chimney. I have by now perfected the technique of letting it in through the fireplace and out a window. Today, however, was the first time a squirrel popped out. Here’s the photo and message I posted on Facebook (find me here) about the incident: Long […]