Thursday, February 12

Cheryl Cline is the guest editor today.

 

Bernie Is a Piker

"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.

 

The Burden We Bear

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)

 

The New Slave Trade?

In the UK , “anti-trafficking” may stand for “anti-immigrant.”

 

Government Interference with Insurance Markets

Dr. Paul Hsieh on driving out private health insurers.

 

Regime Uncertainty, Anyone?

 

The American Lenin

L. Neil Smith on Lincoln .

 

'Arctic Unicorns' in Icy Display 

First-ever aerial view of narwhals surfacing.  (video)

 

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