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Sent in by reader BG with the following note: Look at the bottom of the sign to see who paid for it. Love it!! Seen 5 miles east of Clovis, [...]

While reading an article from Mish on housing, two of his passages struck me: You can temporarily jump-start nearly anything if you throw enough money at it, and that is exactly what Keynesian [...]

The Daily Bell provides a good source of common sense by cutting through our mainstream media BS and providing more realistic interpretation of events. Their recent take on the budget [...]

The fray of politics is covered like sport by our media. Each day represents a portion of a game. Depending upon whether the media, who serve as referees, declare your [...]

Our political system is not geared to cutting spending. Politicians want to play Santa Claus and have for about 100 years. The veterans know no other game than increasing spending [...]

The New Year unfailingly raises spirits, even for those who don’t imbibe. It represents a clean slate, a new start and a time to make resolutions to improve ourselves and [...]

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Politics as Economic Violence The late Murray Rothbard, famous Austrian economist and libertarian, published a collection of essays under the title Making Economic Sense. One sub-section was entitled “Politics as [...]

For anyone not familiar with “Mish” (Michael Shedlock at noreply@blogger.com), I encourage you to remedy this deficiency in your reading habits. His is unquestionably one of the best analytical sites on [...]

Government has become Leviathan, and Leviathan has misbehaved and failed miserably. Not since the Civil War has the political future been so tenuous. The Constitution is routinely ignored. The Federal [...]

The following piece is not good news for the Administration, politicians running for re-election or Americans in general. A Panoply of Headlines Sure to Please the Administration… …as they hasten [...]

Public pronouncements of economists, once they enter Washington, become virtually useless.  In order to serve, they must compromise their objectivity and support the goals and spin of the Administration. Of [...]