Category Archives: Random News

For all those who wish to give more power to the state. From Ken White at Popehat: Armando Saldate, Jr. had been adjudged to be a liar on four occasions and a lawbreaker on five others. No rational person would … Continue reading →

In recent weeks I (and my family and clients) have been exposed to a number of scams. I thought I should highlight them to help others avoid falling for them. Both sets of my in-laws received a call from (302) … Continue reading →

I wish I had a tenth of his letter-writing skills. Here’s a letter to the Washington Post: Have you noticed the enormous increase in greedy speculation in the northeast over the past two days? It’s quite something! In advance of … Continue reading →

I love the Journal of Improbable Research Seventeenth century opera houses produced more than just music, a reality brought forth in this study: ‘Pots, Privies and WCs: Crapping at the Opera in London before 1830‘, Michael Burden. Cambridge Opera Journal, … Continue reading →

Al Dugan is doing a New Years show in honor of Jerry & Norma on Friday, December 30th, at 9am. He interviewed David and me for the show (and David did one of the station ID announcements). In addition to … Continue reading →

Insomnia, so what better time to repost something and break my silence? Last night on “60 Minutes” (HT IndianaJim) President Obama said to interviewer Steve Croft about tax cuts: Steve, the math is the math. You can’t lower rates and … Continue reading →

This has got to stop. By David Rittgers Department of Education officers employed a SWAT team because of unpaid student loans. I am not making this up: Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason … Continue reading →

also, “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions”: But in the 21 states that were fully affected [by the federal increase in the minimum wage in 2007], about 13,200 black young adults lost their job as a direct … Continue reading →

from Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek: Here is an updated version of Case-Shiller’s housing index for the country. (The source for the updating and the image is The Big Picture and TBP reader Steve Barry.) It is of course somewhat … Continue reading →