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Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 03, 2011 5 Comments

I'm proud to announce the birth of a new website, libertarianism.org, a project of the Cato Institute. The site is a one-stop shop for the ideology. I've been combing through it all morning and there's really nothing quite as comprehensive in terms of scope. It spans...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 6 Comments

The Ithaca "Can Man" no longer can make a living, as reported by The Cornell Sun: Joel Harlan — whose assistant calls him the “Can Man” — has collected empty cans and bottles from Cornell’s fraternities, as well as other locations in Ithaca and around Central...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 49 Comments

which prove that George W. Bush lied about his military service. History No. 1:  Dan cannot let you see the documents which he obtained from an anonymous source he cannot reveal.  But the documents, in Dan's estimation, reflect "inappropriate" conduct the exact nature of which cannot...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 03, 2011 16 Comments

From reader Don, who writes: Saw this scrawled (spray-painted) on the underside of a bridge over the Trinity River, maybe 1.5 miles from the Occupy Dallas location. I stopped to safely take a picture. Star of David with "Zionist Occupied USA" … I suspect (but can't be...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 44 Comments

by the behavior of numerous "conservatives" and "libertarians" on Twitter dancing on Herman Cain's (presumed) political grave. Let's sum up the "facts" as they are known right now.  Mostly unnamed people accused Herman Cain of unspecified conduct which some people who will not specify the people or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 34 Comments

I've been struggling to put my finger on just what it is about how Politico handled the Herman Cain allegations that I find so offensive. Michael Walsh has a good explanation, Return of the Whipsaw, which starts and ends as such: First, posit the existence of a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 15 Comments

Never in the history of humankind has there been an act as provocative and worthy of a presidential smackdown as the passage by the Congress of a Concurrent Resolution affirming "In God We Trust" as the national motto: Whereas `In God We Trust' is the official motto...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 02, 2011 12 Comments

As it has been widely reported, Jon Corzine will get a golden parachute valued at $12.1 mn after driving MF Global into the ground. Fair enough. After all, it wasn't paid for with taxpayer money and the firm failed by making some appallingly bad bets. My only...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 39 Comments

As you know, I've been inching closer towards Newt as the not-Romney.  I don't believe being not-Romney is enough, and of all the remaining candidates, I believe that Newt has the ability to articulate a vision of this country which establishes him as the candidate to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 7 Comments

The one chart that explodes the myth of U.S. income inequality (h/t @CharlieSykes). The short explanation is that individual income inequality has not expanded greatly, but since high earning people tend to group together in family units, family income inequality has expanded: Next, Here's The Chart...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 51 Comments

Barring something truly earthshaking warranting a separate post, I'll be updating the Herman Cain story today in this post. The NY Times reports that one of Cain's accusers received a year's severance, $35,000, but that there were issues in addition to Cain that made her uncomfortable working...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 7 Comments

that Tennessee doesn't have an income tax? From frequent photographer LInda: Update: Reader Ben writes: Re no State Income tax in TN, we spent two years, 2001-2, battling our Republican Gov Don Sundquist who tried to implement a State Income Tax 6 weeks after he was re-elected...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 8 Comments

You know things are bad when the Occupy Wall Street movement cannot get more than a handful of people to Occupy Boulder, Colorado in nice weather. Thanks to reader Jeff who e-mailed this photo to me today: Good Day Professor, I live in Longmont, Colorado but work in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 40 Comments

Politico relied on anonymous sources not just for the tipoff on the Herman Cain story, but for some of the details as to the nature of the accusations.  Yet Politico refuses to provide any context for the sources so that readers could judge the credibility...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2011 6 Comments

From Zombie at PJMedia, a list of officially declared supporters of Occupy Wall Street. Go to the link for the full list, here's the top (in no particular order): ...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 01, 2011 21 Comments

During my morning peruse through the paper, I found a shocking headline: Bullet train cost estimates rise to $98.5 billion. I wasn't surprised at the cost; it's well-established that "infrastructure spending" is a fancy way of saying "giant black money hole." (Hooray for inflation to boot!)...

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