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Glenn Greenwald Reminds Us That Terrorism Wasn’t Invented on 9/11

Glenn Greenwald takes Jeffrey Weiss to task over perpetuating the stereotype that terrorism is a thing that Muslims do. Here’s what Weiss wrote that set off GG: And we’re still left with a terrible problem for a free and multicultural society: Even though 99.999 percent of Muslims abhor attacks on innocent civilians on moral and […]

Potpourri

* Carlos Lara passes along this WSJ article explaining that “Gold Is the New Tupperware.” * I heard a very moving story on NPR about WW2 conscientious objectors who ended up working in state mental institutions. The conditions were so awful that a few of them decided they had to do something, so they smuggled […]

Boettke Et Al. Engage in Product Differentiation

The blog formerly known as “The Austrian Economists” will henceforth be referenced by the symbol α. No no it is actually now “Coordination Problem,” and Boettke et al. ask you to update your blogroll accordingly. [Insert joke about coordination problem here.] In this post Boettke explains the decision: As of January 1, 2010, we are […]

GATA Sues Federal Reserve

While the rest of you are getting smashed, I’m standing sentry at the Purchasing Power Castle, looking for signs of maurading central bankers. On my watch, MercedesRules passes along this tidbit: GATA [Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee] today brought suit against the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, seeking a court order for disclosure of the central bank’s […]

Memorable Free Advice Posts from 2009

I was going to do a Top Ten but that would take too long. Browsing the archives, here are some that jumped out at me (asterisks mean I think it’s a double plus good post): Marianne Sierk Standup Obama Nominates a Socialist Coining a New Term for the Coming Economic Disaster Of Flat Taxes and […]

Two Funnies From the 5-Year-Old

I was reading my son his bedtime story and he had a long hair in his mouth. So we commented on its yuckiness and so forth, and then he started rubbing his head. He said, “I have lots of hairs.” Then he rubbed my head and said, “You have 2 hairs.” Later on I was […]

The Jackpot Question In Advance

I know many of you simply assume that an internationally known Austrian economist (that’s me) would be ringing in the new year hanging with my boyz in da club, and then we’d take the show back to the hotel to party some mo. Alas, my wife is out of town so I am spending New […]

The Wonders of the Internet

I’ve enjoyed Rick Rolls, and I enjoyed seeing the young Bill O’Reilly explosion when it first surfaced. Can the two be married? Apparently so (HT2 Brad DeLong), and watch out for the F-bomb if you are viewing in a sensitive location (or have morals):