Bob Wenzel at the Fed
Bob Wenzel recently spoke at the New York Federal Reserve Bank and I include both his speech, which is a classic, and his remarks about the background of the speech. One thing I find interesting is that none of the economists there had any inkling of what the Austrians actually said versus what they “believed” the Austrians had said. (One More...
New York City parking place sells for $1 million
In many parts of the country, a million bucks will buy you a mansion. In New York City, you can get a 12-foot by 23-foot slab of concrete. Yes, Manhattan’s first $1 million parking space is scheduled to go More...
Disturbing Video: Parents put toddler in laundry mat washing machine
Maybe they thought it would be funny — there’s a large sign hanging above the machines, saying “Junior Wash: $2.95.” Whatever it was, it could have easily ended badly. In the silent footage More...
Lesbian couple arrested after staging hate crime
A lesbian couple who claimed they were victims of a hate crime have been arrested after police determined they staged the incidents. On Oct. 28, Aimee Whitchurch, 37, and Christel Conklin, 29, called police and More...
Krugman’s ‘caste’ nonsense
Paul Krugman really does not seem to understand the effect of third-party payments, and he especially does not understand when it comes to the government and the cost of higher education. In a recent post, he implies More...
Obama for America’s Attack Watch website defends President Obama
From Attack Watch defending the President Obama and the new Birther controversy which is rooted in a flyer that states the President was born in Kenya The disreputable, right-wing site Breitbart.com More...
VIDEO: Teacher screams at student that it’s criminal to criticize President Obama
A YouTube video uploaded on Monday afternoon apparently shows a schoolteacher from the Rowan-Salisbury school district in North Carolina informing a student that failing to be respectful of President Obama is a More...
Rev. William Owens leads black pastors in Tennessee who are outraged over gay marriage comparisons
A group of black pastors gathered in Memphis on Thursday to denounce President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage and call on him to change his views. Gay is not okay in Iowa created a firestorm of controversy Some More...
Sergeant John Russell charged in 2009 Iraqi killings in Calvin Gibbs case
A US soldier has been charged with murder over the 2009 killing of five comrades at a stress clinic on the biggest US base in Iraq, the military said Friday. Sergeant John Russell, who is being held at the Joint More...
Damage Control by the Obama administration
According to the latest media spin, Obama’s literary agent made “a mistake” in 1991 when a published piece claimed: Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, More...
