The Collaborative Campaign to End Obesity is on the ball. This coalition of “lawmakers, health care groups, pharmaceutical companies and others recently has formed to help reduce the rate of obesity in the U.S.” The six priorities of this special interest-government-corporate giants fusion all involve some sort of federal “gimme” or expansion of state power [...]

In an astounding move, the GOP has changed its name from “Grand Old Party” to “Gargantuan Oligarchy Party.” Duncan’s remarks came after internal GOP memos leaked to the media suggested that Ron Paul was actually more Republican than most of the current republican membership.

Bryan Caplan: Back in the day, I was one of the research assistants for the Collected Works of Hayek. Frankly, the more I read, the less impressed I was. …It’s quotes like these that make me think that Ayn Rand had a better understanding of socialism than either Hayek or even Jeff Friedman. The more [...]

This stuff drives me crazy. Economic analysis has been a key tool in making regulatory policy since 1981, when Ronald Reagan became president, with cost-benefit reviews increasingly being applied to initiatives. The idea is to assign monetary values to regulation, such as installing pollution-control technology or overhauling assembly lines to avoid repetitive-motion injuries to workers. [...]

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This article comes from one of the government’s favorite propagandists, the National Academies, a leading propaganda-spreading arm of the federal government. A report from the National Academies, “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,” concludes that women are underrepresented at higher levels of science and engineering academics because [...]

So on my lunch hour today, I walk the coupl’a blocks over to Comerica Park ‘cuz the Tigers had a 1:15pm day game. Comerica Park has this really unique setup where one can see most of the field from the outside of the stadium. I stood on a cement pillar and had a great view [...]

When you need the dough to fund your welfare, war, political favors, corporatocracy, assorted government agencies, the hiring of new agents for the state, and other assorted crookery, where do you turn? To the economics and finance genius, Robert E. Rubin, of course! Rubin says that the hedge fund wizards are a great, new source [...]

Kellogg’s has surrendered to the Nutrition Nazis. The company said it won’t promote foods in TV, radio, print or Web site ads that reach audiences at least half of whom are under age 12 unless a single serving of the product meets these standards:

Mike Gravel: “The insurgency is successful because the population supports that insurgency.” That is perhaps the most simplistic, non-brilliant brilliance since someone asked someone else, “So what do we do about Iraq if we pull our troops out now?” The answer is – we do nothing. More sheer brilliance.