Thursday, February 12
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Cheryl Cline is the guest editor today. |
"The stimulus spending will not solve the crisis; it will merely postpone the ultimate catastrophe of any Ponzi scheme. Bernie’s escapade will pale in comparison." Column by Jim Carter.
Threats
Send California Octuplets Mom into Hiding
When
an individual rather than a politician allegedly “takes advantage of the
system,” she endures intense public scrutiny and even death threats.
Kids
May Be Cheaper By the Dozen, But You’d Be Crazy to Have More Than Two
Big
families that don’t drain taxpayer resources are nonetheless viewed askance.
‘Obama’s
War in Iraq May Be Longer Than Bush’s War in Iraq’
Unfunny
stuff from The Daily Show.
Was
Miss. Football Player's Death a Suicide?
Or police brutality as usual?
Pa. Judges Accused of Jailing Kids for Cash
Sirius
XM Bankruptcy: Thank Washington for the Delay
Patri
Friedman on Free Talk Live
Friedman
compares seasteading to the Free State Project. (audio)
Jonathan
Haidt: Reasons to Avoid a Libertarian Babysitter
One
study concludes that libertarians are more likely to violate taboos,
especially for money.
Dennis
Perrin wonders why the Iraqis don’t empathize with our “existential
struggle” as “liberators.”
Obama’s
Regulatory Chief Believes in Paternalistic Government
Paul
Shieh on “libertarian paternalist” Cass Sunstein.
Fed
Up: The Popular Uprising Against
Central Banking
Thomas
Woods thinks resistance is growing.
The Draft-Nappers Are Stirring
William
Norman Grigg on organized child theft.
Stimulus
Pork: The Inmates Are Running the
Asylum
(video)
In
the
Government Interference with Insurance Markets
Dr. Paul Hsieh on driving out private health insurers.
L.
Neil Smith on
'Arctic Unicorns' in Icy Display
First-ever aerial view of narwhals surfacing. (video)
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