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“The Good One Versus the Evil One”

Such is the title given to this Mises Institute of Sweden article on my debate with Karl Smith. And here’s the accompanying photo: (I can’t read it, but Klaus Bernpaintner assures me they were otherwise respectful to Smith.)

Another Screen Shot, Please

Can someone capture this headline before they fix it? Thanks to Taylor Conant:

A Dark Day in Soccer Lore

My son’s soccer coach was out of town, so he asked me to coach today’s game. It was a tough one: We only had 5 guys show up (my own son was sick), meaning there was just 1 sub. It was about 90 degrees out, the game starting at 11:45. Plus the field was much […]

Krugman and Space Aliens

Lots of people sending me this. Eh, I mean he’s really just trying to come up with a fanciful illustration of his (crazy) position. Technically he’s not calling for an alien invasion, he’s (at worst) calling for a hoax of an alien invasion.

Bootleg Video of Mises University 2011

Tom Woods sent me this. I had absolutely nothing to do with it; I didn’t even know these guys were making it until the last day or so. I think next year we are going to have a reality show going on. Can you imagine the drama? “Luke, get out of the shower! We’re going […]

No Fooling, a Really Cute Story Based on Infinity

This happened a while ago. I kept meaning to blog it, mainly to economize on my telling it to relatives, but better late than never. My son Clark is 6. Here is our exchange: Clark: Daddy why can’t there be a biggest number? Bob: Because no matter how big a number is, there is always […]

Peter Falk on Ben Bernanke

Robert Wenzel over at EPJ posted this hilarious clip from “The Inlaws.”

Landsburg Makes Two (More) Mistakes

Steve Landsburg has a post up talking about the Beatles, so I read it with great interest. (My taste in music is almost as antiquated as my taste in economists.) After explaining that people at the time didn’t know how lasting the Beatles (or rock and roll) were going to be, he asks his readers: […]