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How the Government Views You

I saw this Glenn Greenwald post a few days ago due to an LRC link, but I haven’t had time to discuss it. Greenwald discusses “WikiLeaks,” but that’s not what I want to focus on. Instead, just ponder the significance of an alleged CIA report [.pdf] discussing the problem of keeping the German and French […]

The Faux Fretting for Frum’s Firing

Oh boy, here it comes… Here’s Jeet Heer (via Brad DeLong): AEI has embarrassed itself. Although allegedly a “think tank” with “scholars” AEI in fact a haven for highly partisan political actors, many of who have been disgraced by their time in government. Current “scholars” at the think tank include Lynne Cheney (who has written […]

Haiti Here I Come!

Yikes! Sorry everyone, I forgot to let you know that these guys decided my marginal product would be nonnegative.* I am going to Haiti for a week at the end of April. Based on their instructions, it will be pretty hardcore. For example, they told me to bring a mosquito net to put around my […]

A Reader Question That I Cannot Answer

And when I say I cannot answer the question, I mean it in the Airplane (“I can’t tell, sir.” “You can tell me, I’m the captain”) way. Sam asks: Here’s something to explain in your blog : What is with the internet marketing strategy of putting ugly people’s faces next to totally unrelated ad text??? […]

Psssst… Earlier I misspoke. But you should still come to Nashville in July.

In a previous, top secret post, I revealed that Carlos Lara and I are hosting a liberty extravaganza in Nashville on July 16 (and a workshop on July 17). The lineup are all Friends of Rothbard, including Paul Cleveland, Nelson Nash (inventor of the Infinite Banking Concept), Tom Woods, me, and the dapper Robert Wenzel. […]

Robert Wenzel Receives Death Threats Over Health Reform

With him shooting his mouth off so much, it was only a matter of time. In an open letter to Louise Slaughter (my congresswoman when I was growing up), Wenzel relays his terrifying tale. (BTW, I am not going to bother getting up on a soapbox, but for the record: Making death threats to politicians […]

David Frum Learns That Ideas Have Consequences

Via Brad DeLong, it turns out David Frum got a 100% pay cut, presumably in response to his “Waterloo” article. (You should skim it if you want to have your bearings as we hear from countless progressives how “right-wing think tanks brook no dissent from the party line.”) Please don’t misinterpret this post. I am […]