If the New York Sun closes shop soon, as has been rumored for the past month, we will be worse off without its no-bull headlines such as the one atop this morning’s edition. Although I vehemently disagree with the Sun’s warmongering, neocon editorial tendencies, more often than not they’re the only paper to get it right […]
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Pay No Attention to This Day by Harry Browne September 17, 2003 This day isn’t important. There are far more significant days in the year: . Labor Day, when we pretend to care about other people’s jobs while frolicking at the beach. . Election Day, when we pretend we’re making a difference by voting. .
I said it in a previous blog. Anyone with a grain of sense and a basic understanding of economics knows you can’t outsmart the iron laws of economics. Austrian business cycle theory perfectly describes today’s catastophe and predicted it – 100 years ago. This link, wherein Ron Paul describes what’s happening was just brought to
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“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!” may become the Democrat’s battle cry for these last weeks before election, and quite possibly the worst strategic advice bandied about by political pundits. Yet it’s telling about the mindset of die-hard politicos who base their worldviews on personal sentiment rather than carefully thought out logic, particularly on economic issues. But more importantly, it may be the reason why McCain could cinch this election come November.
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http://blogofbile.com/… Governor David A. Paterson today announced the creation of a cabinet position to address issues related to national and community service. Susan Stern, Chair of the State Commission on National and Community Service, will be elevated to the Governor’s cabinet. She will produce a report for the administration within 90 days to make New
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I don’t know quite what’s going on between the Paul camp and the Barr campaign today. I agree with many comments I have read that the ‘offer’ to run as VP was ice in winter as it was or should have been known not to be acceptable when made. On the other hand, it seems
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It’s not really a mystery anymore. Actually it hasn’t been a mystery for 100 years or so. Economists have had a pretty good understanding of the what causes the business cycle since Mises and the other Austrian economists formulated it in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. If I may drastically oversimplify , credit bubbles
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I have a friend who was a longtime employee of one of the big federal agencies in Washington, DC. He used to entertain me endlessly with his tales of epic government waste and incompetence. For the last few years, he’s been in the private sector, so I had to settle for the slightly less epic
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The press of the last few days has been full of presumed conservative successes in the wake of McCain’s choice of would be conservative heroine Sarah Palin as his running mate. Richard Viguerie even suggested that Palin would energize Libertarians to rally around the ticket – a statement that strikes me as completely bizarre. I
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I’m trying to get started on my Logic of Liberty column for the next print SerfCity , due tomorrow , but have gotten somewhat diverted by Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel channel . He’s visiting St. Petersburg , Russia . Attending one of the very the first international computer language conferences during
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