A month ago I blogged about this tyranny for tots scam. Cops in Sansom Park, TX were pulling over motorists for alleged moving violations and giving them a “ticket for tots” as opposed to a *real* ticket. The swindle has been deemed a “success.” People loved it. They sent in gifts from all over the [...]

My latest article is up at LewRockwell.com: Tolerating Spiders, Using Your Credit Cards, and Other Depression Survival Tactics. It’s just a fun rundown on different ways to penny pinch and prepare for the depression times. You would not believe the responses I am getting already. More than one person has written me a nanny-state response, [...]

GM spokesman John McDonald said that in light of the current economic conditions, the automaker is reviewing all of its sponsorship activities as part of a plan to cut its marketing and promotions budget by 20 percent. Indeed, you can bet it was the Yanks who dumped GM, and not the other way around. Toyota [...]

After a month of Detroit-bashing in Washington and nationally, some say a backlash is forming among Metro Detroiters, annoyed by the attacks on their lifestyle and angry at their neighbors’ choices of vehicles. Some fear that simmering resentment could turn to outright hostility. …In Woodhaven [Detroit suburb]on Friday, someone punctured the tires of five foreign [...]

People are blowing their money less frequently. So people who are still removed from reality think that lowering the gambling age to 18 will help spark revenues for casinos. Indeed, the highly-skilled and high-paid kiddies under age 21 with huge wallets are loaded with extra cash right now – they’ll save the casinos. The Nevada [...]

I have not yet had the chance to read Pope Benedict’s latest message, but Charles Burris has read it, and here’s his interesting summary: “Fighting Poverty To Build Peace.” The Pope Benedict XVI message for World Day of Peace 2009. The Holy Father challenges many key assumptions of the modern welfare-warfare state, focusing upon the [...]

If you haven’t tried it, here is the wine for anarchists: the Four Vines Anarchy. It’s a wonderful Syrah and Zinfandel and Mourvedre blend that comes from the Four Vines winery. This quote embellishes the back of the bottle: “A mind cannot be controlled. It cannot be restrained. It has no boundaries. It has its [...]

Last night on NPR, they were discussing the Obama Senate scandal. The host actually asked a guest this question: “So is there something about politics in particular that brings forth this sort of behavior and corruption and gives rise to these types of events?” What’s worse than her asking the question is the guest replying [...]

This question was put to Loews Corporation CEO James Tisch. His answer is splendid: It’s probably doubled our accounting fees. And I would say that about eight and a half percent of that reflects value to the company. So there was some value from Sarbanes-Oxley, but we are paying an enormous price for that value. [...]

“The problem was not that Keynesianism failed, it was that it was not pursued with enough vigor.” Here’s another article that’s great for some chuckles. The writer argues that New Deal spending lifted us out of the Great Depression, extols “green spending,” and hails Obama’s idea of a National Infrastructure Bank.