Archive | January, 2013

This photo better captures the reality of contemporary American government than today’s speeches at Obama’s inaugural. The choir sang “Battle Hymn of the Republic” – and today’s DC politicians would not hesitate to suppress any group that tried to secede or challenge Washington power grabs. (I took this photo from an exhibit on the Mall […]

The hell-raising, freedom-fighting legend Claire Wolfe has reviewed Public Policy Hooligan. I greatly appreciate her kind words for the book.  Claire mentions (accurately) that the book shows a “healthy ego” –   hopefully not quite as large as Lance Armstrong’s. 🙂 Claire’s review is here and reposted below.  Claire’s Living Freedom is the most thoughtful libertarian blog […]

New York’s draconian new gun control law imposed restrictions on everything except the number of innocent bystanders that NYPD can shoot on weekdays. twitter – @jimbovard

 From the Future of Freedom Foundation (posted online today) Don’t Trust the Feds’ Happiness Index by James Bovard [on Twitter @jimbovard] The Obama administration is financing research to devise a new gauge for Americans’ happiness. A National Academy of Sciences panel is currently analyzing proposals for surveying Americans’ “subjective well-being.” But there are grave perils […]

  So would this zippety image from the new issue of the New Yorker be a good theme cartoon for 2013?

  I thought at first that this Dilbert strip might be referring to me.   But since I don’t buy a lot of tissues, I’m off the hook.

The Wall Street Journal published a letter today responding to my Dairy Cliff article. Farmers perennially complain about losing money. Yet their net worth far exceeds that of the average American household. Did I miss a Keynesian multiplier somewhere? Or is this another mystical triumph like the doctrine of parity? Dairy Farmers Operating at a […]