Charles Adams on the good, the bad, and the dilemma....

Charley Reese on institutionalized cruelty....

J.H. Huebert on socialist schemes....

Their death, and immigration. Article by Tom Chartier....

A rant, from Manuel Lora....

Il y a une semaine, Statistique Canada publiait une étude qui a fait couler beaucoup d'encre dans les médias. Elle semblait confirmer, encore une fois, le cliché marxiste qui veut que «l'écart entre riches et pauvres s'est beaucoup accru au...

All Keynesians conceive of the State as a great potential reservoir of benefits, ready to be tapped. The prime concern for the Keynesian is to decide on economic policy — what should be the economic ends of the State and what means should the State ...

Drew Carey and our friends at Reason have produced a great 25 minute documentary about the Corey Maye case. For additional background on the Maye case, go here....

Lyndon Baines Johnson, May 22, 1964, at the University of Michigan: The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use that wealth to enrich and elevate our national life, and to advance the quality of our American civilizati...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a legal permanent resident who was arrested because he shared a common name with a suspected illegal immigrant. It illustrated how the E-Verify program would foul things for legal workers, a prominent subject of t...

In an encouraging step for New Jersey children, the state’s Senate Economic Growth Committee has approved a K-12 scholarship donation tax credit bill like the ones already operating in Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Iowa, and Rhode Island. It ...

Le Monde a de graves difficultés financières, mais quand il n'est pas en grève il reste le vecteur de choix pour les annonceurs mus par un narcissisme d'autant plus exhibitionniste qu'il est altruiste. Ce matin, on a droit coup sur coup: En...

Gordon Ramsay, the 'outspoken' celeb chief wants the state to outlaw out-of-season vegetables. I kid you not. That the man is an arrogant little shit has always been apparent from his TV shows but this sort of national socialist volkish crap really ...

Man inser snabbt att något är konstigt med Aftonbladets nyhet att "Matkrisen [...]...

In his excellent blog, Roger Pielke, Jr., notes that “On NPR’s Fresh Air earlier this week, Al Gore suggests that Typhoon Nargis, which may have killed 100,000 people in Myanmar, is linked to greenhouse gas emissions, or does he? He said ?...

All Keynesians conceive of the State as a great potential reservoir of benefits, ready to be tapped. The prime concern for the Keynesian is to decide on economic policy -- what should be the economic ends of the State and what means should the State a...

Thanks to Don Lloyd for this link to an interesting story about a British machine that modeled the workings of the British economy: A sensation when it was unveiled at the London School of Economics in 1949, the Phillips machine used hydraulics...

Leaving aside the practical objections (such as decline in the quality of the UK legal system) is capital punishment justified for murder? Note, this is not a question on whether capital punishment is effective, but is it just?...

I'm really taken with this gizmo designed to change the header for Community users. ...

Gordon Wood's defense of objective history is salutary, and besides this, as one would expect from a historian of his eminence, he makes many illuminating remarks about concrete issues in American history. Despite its considerable merits, though, his...

Thanks, conservatives. Article by Glenn Greenwald....

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., on Virginia's American Revolution, by Kevin C. Gutzman....

Bill Bonner on Rome, and the American empire....

Don Bacon on the anti-war Marine general....

Parasites and friends will decide, says Robert Klassen....

Unlike politicians. Article by Todd Steinberg....

Kitty Carr on the Christian right....

If there was any question whether investors would be interested in a long-term lease of Chicago's Midway Airport, it was answered in the affirmative at the beginning of April. Six high-powered teams submitted their qualifications to the city, which w...

Gordon Wood's defense of objective history is salutary, and besides this, as one would expect from a historian of his eminence, he makes many illuminating remarks about concrete issues in American history. Despite its considerable merits, though, his...

"Despite 100 years of heavy social and financial costs, and no indication that victory is attainable, the U.S. government continues to wage its war on drugs," says Drew Carey in a new Reason.tv video that tells the tragic story of Cory Maye and Ron ...

The Arizona Republic reports, ?Kick off your boots and get ready to two-step because dancing is now allowed at San Tan Flat. Pinal County Superior Court Judge William O'Neil overturned a decision from the county Board of Supervisors that said the co...

Reason Foundation?s Shirley Ybarra, Virginia?s former secretary of transportation, looks at how Virginia and Florida are saving millions with fixed-price maintenance contracts. Reason?s Transportation Research...

Reason?s Foundation?s Adam Summers details job licensing regulations in Arizona, writing, "In Arizona, if you want to be an acupuncturist, a hunting or fishing guide, landscape architect, pre-arranged funeral salesperson, or even a well driller you'...

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Dr. Block and Dr. Jared Bernstein (Economic Policy Institute) debate the minimum wage, moderated by Jerri Ward, hostess of the I Object! Justice Examined radio program; 8 March 2008. [31:39] ...

It’s an all-too-common tactic employed by opponents of educational freedom to demonize school-choice advocates as hell-bent ideologues rather than actually tackling their arguments and evidence. One suspects that this occurs for two primary reasons:...

President Bush addressed the Council of the Americas yesterday, a business organization whose stated goal is to promote democracy and free markets in the Americas.  Among the different subjects he touched in his speech, Bush highlighted the work of t...

Here’s Michael Goldfarb: As to whether Bush is a recruiting tool for terrorists–who cares? Al Qaeda was recruiting before Bush was in office and they will continue to do so after he’s gone. The important thing is that we keep killin...

The Style section of today’s Washington Post features a terrific article about the National Security Archive, the nonprofit group dedicated to unearthing goverment secrets. The privately funded group, about 35 strong, uses the Freedom of Informa...

Nearly two years after its release, David Hyman’s satire Medicare Meets Mephistopheles is still generating reviews — and controversy.  In the April 2008 issue of the Michigan Law Review, Michigan law professor Jill Horwitz raves: Hyman ...

The monster who locked up relatives in his Austrian home for many years - at god knows what cost to their psychological state or physicial health - is trying to defend himself by blaming it on Adolf Hitler. Oh well, makes a change from blaming it all ...

To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia - fear of Islam - seems a natural reaction, and, indeed, exactly what that text is intended to provoke. Judged purely on its scripture - to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques - it is the ...

The president of West Virginia University, Michael Garrison, is hanging on after the school’s faculty voted 77 to 19 to demand his resignation. Faculty members are outraged that Garrison retroactively awarded an MBA to a friend, who is the da...

A TV News helicopter filmed Philadelphia police officers as they repeatedly kick three suspects as they lay on the ground.  Go here to see the video clip. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says 5 officers have been taken off street duty because of ...

The audio version of the Mises Daily Article for May 8, 2008. [10:33] ...

La catastrophe humanitaire que traverse la Birmanie vient-elle davantage du cyclone "Nargis" ou de la junte militaire au pouvoir?...

For those who think that we need strong men to deal with disasters, the aftermath of the Burmese cyclone [...]...

One writer I rate pretty highly is Ross Clark. As well as being a regular newspaper and magazine columnist in places like The Times (of London) and The Spectator, he is also the author of several good books. He has written a fine piece, with deliberat...

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Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner and I love London town, but from where I sit by far the most newsworthy winner in the recent round of British local elections was the new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. However, unless I am very much mistaken (whic...

Une jeune cubaine, Yoani Sanchez, qui tient un blog, Generacion Y, un blog pour lequel un prix de journalisme lui a été decerné, n'a finalement pas obtenu d'autorisation de sortie du territoire de la part de la dictature communiste pour se rendre...

On apprend aujourd'hui dans un article du journal Le Monde, qu'une enquête réalisée en janvier dernier a montré qu'à Neuilly "les 957 logements sociaux [...] étaient habités, pour une bonne part, par des familles aisées, voire très favori...

L'idée qu'on pourra compenser les déséquilibres de l'assurance vieillesse en réalisant des économies sur la lutte contre le chômage revient sur le devant de la scène. Il ne faut pas compter sur les économies potentielles relatives aux indemnisation...

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This is what life was like before cheap, reliable holographic technology: Today I am being interviewed [...]...

Det ryktas om att det är mitt pass som de har använt till det nya omslaget. Jag undrade [...]...

Let's pull this sentence out of the civic pieties of our time and see what's wrong with it: "We should all volunteer our time in charitable causes and give back to the community in a labor of love." We can't argue with the instruction here, or...

Let's pull this sentence out of the civic pieties of our time and see what's wrong with it: "We should all volunteer our time in charitable causes and give back to the community in a labor of love." We can't argue with the instruction here, or...

Consider the following: Research suggests the federal Medicare program spends as much as $100 billion per year on medical care that makes seniors neither healthier nor happier. Medicare’s payment system continues to reward low-quality and e...

Market-oriented health-care wonks have proposed various ways of reforming the tax treatment of health insurance that would level the playing field between job-based coverage and coverage that consumers purchase directly (i.e., on the “individual...

Eric Margolis on a neocon's troubles....

A.D. Lelong on the crucifixion of Jeremiah Wright....

Jim Bovard on an American tradition....

Votre entreprise doit verser chaque mois 1% de votre salaire à certains organismes. Pourvu que vous fassiez ensuite les démarches nécessaires auprès de ces organismes (et que vous correspondiez à leurs critères), ils vous reversent alors votre a...

Over at The American Conservative blog, Jim Antle points out that Rep. Walter Jones, an antiwar Republican incumbent, as well as another antiwar Republican, B.J. Lawson, won big in last night’s North Carolina primary. Although the Republican es...

par Martin Masse Dans un fil de discussion précédent sur le droit de discriminer, un visiteur qui s'identifie comme virtualfred écrit ceci : Faites un retour dans le temps avec Martin, revenez à l'époque de l'apartheid et de la ségrégation....

Pages 263-266 in the text, as read by Dr. Floy Lilley. From Part 3, "The Founding of New England." [12:07] ...

Pages 260-262 in the text, as read by Dr. Floy Lilley. From Part 3, "The Founding of New England." [6:45] ...

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The audio version of the Mises Daily Article from May 7, 2008. [7:11] ...

Via Tim Worstall's blog, I came across this imagined encounter between Polly Toynbee, and her political Mr D'Arcy, Brown, by this guy: As for poor Pol, where to start? Imagine the despair, so raw you can almost taste it. Imagine the sense of crushin...

Dumb and dumber When it comes to economic policy, I am impressed by none of the candidates for the US presidency. But on energy, their proposals are downright idiotic. With gas prices rising all the time, John McCain is calling for a moratorium on ...

Avec la victoire d'Hillary Clinton dans l'Indiana se confirme la faiblesse intrinsèque de la candidature de Barack Obama pour l'investiture démocrate, comme un joueur d'échec ayant l'avantage mais incapable de conclure, obligé de concéder le...

Je l'ai déjà noté dans ce blog à quelques reprises : la France est passé assez rapidement et de façon discrète du statut de Puissance Mondiale, il y a un siècle au moins, au rang de Puissance Locale, en gros, dans les années 60, puis au rang de Pays ...

As a child, I was indifferent at team sports - especially rugby union - and my preference was and is for individualistic games like golf, tennis, squash, martial arts (Bujinkan and fencing), or the odd game of poker. (I guess some card games like Brid...

Confronté aux mouvements de grève contre les suppressions de postes, le ministre de l'Education nationale Xavier Darcos met en place un « service minimum » en cas de grève....

This is what I call gratitude. On the subject of rare musical instruments, and as a sign of how desperate some investors are to make money away from the standard stock and bond markets, you can even invest in violins. I can see the jokes coming: "So,...

Jag gör inget försök att tala småländska. Däremot [...]...

Your "First Five" dollars working for poor children? NOT. From the "you can't make this stuff up files," the San Francisco Chronicle reports on some San Francisco parents benefiting from some dubious First Five grants. Scores of savvy Sa...

It seems that we may never rid ourselves of the broken-window fallacy. it's not only that disasters just have a silver lining: economists have long believed that natural disasters and wars are actually good for the economy! Until recently they have n...

It seems that we may never rid ourselves of the broken-window fallacy. it's not only that disasters just have a silver lining: economists have long believed that natural disasters and wars are actually good for the economy! Until recently they have n...

This week, the Florida DOT issued an RFQ for a potential 50-75 year concession of Alligator Alley, the 78-mile, tolled stretch of I-75 connecting the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area with Naples/Fort Myers. According to The News-Press: FDOT is requesting...

And the merchants of death. Article by Jeffrey Tucker....

Gary North on why Ben Bernanke is not sleeping peacefully....

Michael Scheuer on Ron Paul and The Revolution: A Manifesto....

And the chances for liberty. Article by Robert Higgs....

Jeremy Parfitt writes to "Reason."...

And why judicial activism is far from all bad. Article by Kevin C. Gutzman....

It's not pie in the sky, says Lawrence Wittner....

C'est à Michel Barnier (notre ministre de l'agriculture) que revient le grand privilège d'inaugurer une série qui risque malheureusement d'être très longue : la connerie du jour. Michel Barnier donc, pour sortir les français de leurs difficu...

The F. A. Hayek Memorial Lecture. Recorded 15 March 2008 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama. ...

Le gouvernement n'ouvrira finalement pas à la libre concurrence la profession de notaire. La rupture, là non plus, ne sera donc pas au rendez-vous. Mais ce qui m'a surpris, ce sont les commentaires des lecteurs à l'article du journal Libération...

Suppose you work for a company experiencing phenomenal revenue growth. Most of that growth is attributable to rapidly increasing sales to new customers with potentially limitless demand for your products. Then the CEO unveils next year’s strat...

Everyone knows that our public schools are underfunded, right? So why do they keep blowing easy money? You might recall that last week the Miami-Dade School District turned down a principal’s offer to work for a single dollar on the grounds that th...

Many wonder if the welfare state can survive open immigration. The real question is if it can survive [...]...

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Pages 254-259 in the text, as read by Dr. Floy Lilley. From Part 3, "The Founding of New England." [18:22] ...

A funny and interesting review of The Revolution. ...

Le tout récent projet de loi sur les OGM a été alimenté par des propositions inspirées par le Grenelle de l'environnement. Ce projet de loi, s'il n'interdit pas purement et simplement les OGM, en encadre néanmoins sévèrement l'utilisation par un p...

Bill Eilberg, a Club for Growth member who attended Cato University last year, sent this review into the Club blog: I’m not one who easily sits through lectures, but at Cato University, I can honestly tell you that my attention span was at its ...