William F. Buckley, father of modern conservatism, has died at the age of 82. Given that he savagely attacked my main political influence–Murray Rothbard –upon his death in 1995, I suppose it wouldn’t be entirely wrong for me to turn my admittedly more meager rhetorical skills upon his life and legacy, but I won’t. Buckley [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Sorry about the light blogging the last couple of weeks, but I’ve been pretty busy and will be into April, so don’t expect much of a change. That being said, I offer you this excellent profile of a number of George Mason University’s economists. I follow a number of their blogs (Marginal Revolution, Cafe Hayek, [...]
God, how I want one of these or, better yet, one of these. This has got to be a sign of the Appocalypse. This too. Kids come up with the best games! Awwwww! Another thought provoking article from America’s best paper. Jane Fonda dropping the C-Bomb on national television. If I ever had any interest [...]
Some Israeli scientists have discovered a link between exposure to light during the night and breast cancer. This is consistent with other recent findings about night time light and cancer with the major hypothesis being that light suppresses the production of melatonin, which fights tumor formation. The Washington Post reports that researchers found the breast [...]
I’ve long admired Mark Cuban for his innovative business strategies, his frankness, and the fact that he seems like he’s done more cocaine than Scarface when he’s on the sidelines at Mavericks’ games. This interview with GQ just adds more reasons to like the guy (except for the thing about maybe buying the Chicago Cubs). [...]
Unsurprisingly, numerous leftists are marking the end of their favorite dictator’s reign by posting electronic love letters to him across the internet. Berkeley economist–and noted liberal–Brad DeLong has taken on the Castrophiles among his commenters. A sample exchange: Bloix: Let’s do a thought experiment: Imagine that the year is 1960 and that you are a [...]
The news of the day is that Fidel Castro has finally become too decrepit to continue ruling Cuba. Of course, it is all to the good that Castro is dying–it’s just a shame it has taken this long–but will the end of his reign actually change anything for the people of Cuba? My inclination is [...]
If you are unfamiliar with the language, epitafios is Spanish for “epitaphs,” and it’s certainly an apt title for the best non-comedic television series I’ve seen since Twin Peaks. The series consists of thirteen hour long episodes (well, forty-five minute episodes), which I watched in all of five days because once you start, it really [...]
Cubs’ pitcher Ryan Dempster has predicted that his team will win the World Series this year–the 100th anniversary of their last win. I’ll go ahead and say that’s not going to happen. Well, it might, of course, but there not even the best team in the National League, let alone all of Major League Baseball. [...]
So there is a big showdown going on between antiwar activists and boosters of the military right now because the city council of–surprise, surprise–Berkeley has declared Marine recruiters unwelcome in the city. The ultimate goal of the city council’s resolution is to bring an end to the war in Iraq, but this is exactly the [...]
