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I was reminded by Tuesday's insightful comment by "The Freak" about sticking with our friends (and interests) of an interview I heard almost two weeks ago on BBC News.  I've been trying to find it on their web site and sent the BBC an e-mail which has g… more »

About an hour before the stock market opens on Tuesday (with Monday having been a holiday), the market looks set for a modestly sharp fall, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down about 82 points and S&P 500 futures down about 16, or about 1.… more »

Hello friends and readers.  I'm trying to get well from a brutal bug of some sort and haven't been able to think clearly, much less write a coherent blog entry. So for today's reading, allow me to offer you this interesting piece by William Boykin enti… more »

In his simply terrible speech on Thursday evening (mid-day here in the US), Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he won't resign but he has delegated some unspecified powers to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, an increasingly unpopular and untenable… more »

In a surprise outcome sure to annoy John Boenher -- and to remind him that many freshman Republicans don't feel a great to bend to the will of the party and its leadership -- the House of Representatives failed, by 8 votes, to pass H.R. 514, an extensio… more »

From the "are you kidding me?" files?  (Or perhaps from the "well, I'd better not got there" files...) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351174/African-country-set-make-breaking-wind-crime.html more »

If there's anything even slightly surprising about how financial markets in the US are opening this Monday morning, it's how incredibly dull they are. Stock index futures are up slightly, indicating an opening between 0.25% and 0.5%  higher. Stock vola… more »

With protests (to put it mildly) from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen, the Muslim world is in turmoil. Obviously, the outcomes from the point of view of someone (like me) who thinks that Islam is inherently dangerous and anti-human could range from disastrou… more »

Thanks to Mike R for these thoughts... This past week The President threw yet another extravagant party at the White House, this time it was a full State Dinner for President Hu of China. It is one thing to host the President of China and quite another… more »

Here's a must-read piece by George Mason University economist (and my friend) Don Boudreaux on why Americans, including President Obama, should not confuse "pro-business" policies with pro-growth policies: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/20… more »