Below are two letters that I sent yesterday to the Wall Street Journal.  Both are in response to this essay whose author argues that America needs an “industrial policy.”  (This essay has many flaws beyond those that I highlight in my l ... [read more]

Quieted but still alive: Stephen Harper has managed to silence one of the most vocal and activist groups battling against his plan to give prairie farmers the right to opt out of selling their wheat and barley through the wheat... [read more]

EconLog’s Arnold Kling asks a question that would fuel befuddled, and perhaps even angry, stares at the typical Manhattan or Beverly Hills cocktail party — but it’s a great question that, in fact, is not rhetorical: Is it really the ca ... [read more]

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Michael Taube says that&nbsp;Rocco Rossi is the man to save Toronto. Even if he is a <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/760218--this-tory-is-backing-a-liberal">Liberal</a>:</p> [read more]

Something Has To Be Illegal In Nevada [read more]

Did a little sight-seeing in Maine recently and paid a visit to the Bush family's Kennebunkport retreat. [read more]

Can the government ban pornography? [read more]

Below the fold. TY to Alois Lang. I encourage you to create a subtitled version. FEAR THE BOOM AND BUST by John Papola+Russ Roberts We’ve been going back and forth for a century [Keynes] I want to steer markets, [Hayek] I want them ... [read more]

Super Bowl SundayI thought of doing a long analysis, but the Super Bowl game goes beyond analysis. If you want analysis, check out Cold Hard Football Facts and Football Outsiders, both of which are very, very good. Less good, but still ... [read more]

There was a stop-the-press item in science news this week. I was sorry to see it float by without serious media attention. We are finally out of the “Primordial Soup!” Let me explain. [read more]

Free speech is not merely an ornamental bauble found in liberal democratic societies. It is the well-fought ground upon which the structures of such societies have been constructed. [read more]

Here’s a letter that I sent to the New York Times: You open your report on the President’s continued push for health-care reform with the following account: “For a moment, President Obama’s pledge to keep fighting for major health care ... [read more]

'Moderate' TurkeyBrigitte Pellerin says that "a country that has as many as 200 'honour' killings, and where a teenage girl can be buried alive for having male friends, is anything but." Of course, moderate is a relative term, so it is ... [read more]