I love this gal’s comment:
I wanted to be independent, do my own thing,

A reference series for which I wrote a few essays is now available. Exploring American History, a reference series published by Marshall Cavendish, is broken up by topic. I did “Thomas Paine,” “The Stamp Act,” “Roger Williams,” and “Mercantilism and Colonial Economies.”

Or so says someone on The New Centrist blog. I am left somewhat confused by this man’s post. Clearly, he doesn’t understand Ron Paul and his ideology. Mr. Middle-of-the-Road’er refers to Ron Paul’s supporters as the “Paulistas.” Ok, fair enough – sometimes things are going somewhat overboard, IMHO. But then he sees a Pon Paul [...]

Jeff Tucker makes a comment on the Mises blog regarding someone on ZDNet who said that the Mises Institute is the “flag carrier for official libertarianism.” His snappy comment is that “of course if you own the flag, you can burn it.” Point well taken.
The whole notion of ignoring property rights in favor of [...]

At work the other day, I tortured myself by listening to Bloomberg on satellite and watching some Bubblevision (CNBC) overhead. I call it “stupidity in stereo.” The commentators can’t contain their enthusiasm regarding the ‘genius’ of the Fed’s latest move (lowering the discount rate).
The Morning Bubblehead on Bloomberg asked, “To the extent that this [...]

In the Global Politician, Elizabeth Wright quotes my article on Thomas Sowell as war shill for the state. A wonderful piece by Elizabeth, who has been circulating her radical ideas on the Internet as long as I can remember.

I swear, whenever the markets are facing crisis, the mainstream chatterboxes on financial TV and radio finally see it as appropriate to listen to what the “contrarians” have to say. (Contrarian – as in someone who sees fit to think something other than the acceptable Bubblevision customs.) So, while the Bubbleheads obsess on the current [...]

On a M*A*S*H rerun last night:
Someone: “War is hell.”
Hawkeye Pierce: “Bull. War is war and Hell is hell. Between the two, war is worse. Innocent bystanders don’t go to hell.”

Nothing like a good, old-fashioned bank run.
Anxious customers jammed the phone lines and Web site of Countrywide Bank and crowded its branch offices to pull out their savings because of concerns about the financial problems of the mortgage lender that owns the bank.
Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest home-loan company in the United States, sought [...]

The personal savings trend. If this weren’t so damn sad, it’d be funny.