I’ve been deluged with unbelievably insane stories this morning. Here’s a quick round-up: 12 million Americans think lizard people run the government. 13% of us think Obama is the “Antichrist.” An Italian scientist claims vaccines make you gay. Two radio DJs are facing possible felony charges for telling listeners that “dihydrogen monoxide” was coming out … Continued
Have a cause you really hate? Want to discredit it? Well, fortunately for you, there’s History’s Worst Dictators™. Whether it’s banking, corporations, evolution, abortion, gun control, gun rights, atheism, or vegetarianism, these villains can be dredged up whenever you need cast the specter of mass murder on your opponents’ intentions. Just make up a quote, make up a date, … Continued
Imagine for a moment that it was the prevailing practice in public schools to require mandatory Christian prayers services, and that students could be paddled, suspended, or expelled for failure to participate. I am convinced that a certain block of “libertarians” would be saying, “Let’s just focus on getting the government out of education altogether! … Continued
There’s a lot that economists don’t agree on: monetary policy, tax policy, environmental and energy policy, and host of other complicated and obscure issues. So when you do find overwhelming agreement among expert economists on a particular subject, there’s good reason to sit up and pay attention, particularly when it contradicts what the vast majority … Continued
The following is a guest post by Steven Horwitz, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University. Perhaps because money and finance are among the most complex and obscure parts of economics, a variety of cranks and conspiracy theorists have historically aimed their arguments against any number of monetary institutions and practices. In the last hundred … Continued
John Yoo, George W. Bush’s Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, has a real problem with Obama’s use of drones. But unlike civil libertarians, his problem isn’t that Obama claims the right to kill U.S. citizens without charge or trial—it’s that we can’t capture and torture them without charge or trial. … Continued
“Corporatism”: you keep using that word.
19-year-old fights creationism in public schools. The American Conservative on 25 nasty years of Cops. New York state first to up gun control post-Sandy Hook. Four years of Obama being “funny.” Reminder that Eric Holder is still an awful person and a liar. Obituary for a life that could have been a great deal shorter, … Continued
