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Little Bit Awkward…

I was in the grocery store getting the Very Vanilla Silk brand soymilk, to which my 5-year-old is physically and psychologically addicted. The guy stocking the shelves was black (this will be relevant in a second). They were out of the Very Vanilla kind, and my wife had told me that the mere Vanilla was […]

Restrictive Covenants

Over at Cato Unbound Sheldon Richman writes what strikes me as a very unpersuasive (short) essay (HT2 Bryan Caplan). I’m just going to comment briefly on a few excerpts: Many concerns could be raised about racially restrictive deed covenants and the State, including: 1) the risk of defining “private action” out of existence; 2) the […]

Economists Winning Hearts and Minds, Again

I have diversified into other occupations because I think within the next three years the public will start lynching economists. For example, take this CNBC story: The US unemployment rate could start falling later this summer, but not necessarily for the right reasons. Economists say the Senate’s rejection last week of yet another extension of […]

An Impressive Carlin Routine

I saw this at LRC. I am not sure when this is from, but I am pretty sure my wife and I saw Carlin working this routine out in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2003 or 2004. (I was teaching at Hillsdale and we drove up to see him.) It was a little weird because he […]

And Now For Something, Completely Different

What can I say?

Update on Nullification

Last I checked, Tom’s new book had reached #37 on Amazon, which is very impressive for not being on the major outlets (thus far). On the one hand I’m disappointed that right-wing places aren’t lapping this up (it might be too radical, and I’m just stating a fact not judging them), but on the other […]

Nullify!

Here is my Amazon review of Tom Woods’ new book, which officially launches today: Full disclosure: I am a personal friend of Tom Woods. Even so, I like some of his books more than others, but _Nullification_ is definitely one of his gems. Until I read this book, I had no idea that the concept […]