HP Discovers Potential "God Particle" of Electronics

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 10:21 AM EDT (Popular Science - )

Memristor could enable instant-on PCs, massive data storage and computers that think like humans

technology, instant-on, memory, third-generation-computer-design

The School Crotch Inspector

Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 9:28 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who think it's perfectly reasonable to strip-search a 13-year-old girl suspected of bringing ibuprofen to school, and the kind who think those people should be kept as far away from children as possible.

politics, reason, school, idiocy

The Government Runs the Ultimate Racket

Seeded on Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:33 AM EDT (mises.org)

Pyramid scams collapse when they run out of enough new "investors" to pay earlier promises. Some use this fact to deny that Social Security is really a massive redistribution scheme, since it has lasted over 70 years.

politics, ponzi-scheme, big-government, social-security

On Patriotism

Seeded on Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:42 AM EDT (cato-unbound.org)

Patriotism is love of country. What kind of love is that? Some defenders of patriotism who want us to love our country use such terms as fatherland and mother country. Such usage seems to indicate that we should love our country as we love our parents.

politics, patriotism, cato

Nationalism and Socialism

Seeded on Wed Mar 5, 2008 11:34 AM EST (mises.org)

Nationalism appears to be a modern phenomenon having its origin in the nationalities constituted in Europe between the 16th and the 19th century concomitantly with the disappearance of feudalism and of the Romano-Germanic Empire that came into being with Charlemagne and was total …

politics, socialism, nationalism, mises

The War on Fornication

Seeded on Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:07 PM EST (Reason Magazine)

Another great comic from national treasure Peter Bagge.

politics, reason, bagge, fornication, plan-b, contraception

A Freer World is a Better World

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:49 PM EST (townhall.com)

This week's newspapers are full of predictions of an impending recession, and maybe they're right. But the great untold story is the good news: the worldwide boom in economic growth.

politics, economy, freedom, free-market

We're From the Government and We're Here to Help - The folly of fiscal stimulus packages

Seeded on Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:28 PM EST (Reason Magazine)

In the best of times, most members of Congress are to fiscal irresponsibility what alcoholics are to the bottle—unable to resist even though they know they should.

politics, economy, recession, stimulus, big-government

Class War and Wal-Mart

Seeded on Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:29 AM EST (mises.org)

It doesn't take a degree in marketing to see that Wal-Mart has an image problem among the chattering classes.

politics, wal-mart, class-war, retail, big-business

Myth and Truth About Libertarianism

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:41 AM EST (mises.org)

Libertarianism is the fastest growing political creed in America today. Before judging and evaluating libertarianism, it is vitally important to find out precisely what that doctrine is, and, more particularly, what it is not.

politics, libertarianism, mises

When Government Plans, It Usually Fails

Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:31 PM EST (cato.org)

After more than 30 years of reviewing government plans, including forest plans, park plans, watershed plans, wildlife plans, energy plans, urban plans and transportation plans, I've concluded that government planning almost always does more harm than good.

politics, big-goverment, cato, libertarian, minarchy

Against a National Broadband Policy

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:14 AM EST (mises.org)

The hype surrounding broadband socialism has grown over the past year. New political alliances have begun to promote regulations that will allow the federal government to use its seemingly idle hands to touch private pies.

politics, mises, broadcast, fcc, media

Ron Paul on War::By John Stossel

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:32 AM EST (townhall.com)

Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential candidate saying we should get our troops out of Iraq now. Here's more of my edited interview with the congressman.

politics, ron-paul, stossel, libertarian, iraq, war

Gore Wins Oscar, Nobel Peace Prize For Slide-Show Presentation

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:28 AM EST (The Onion)

STOCKHOLM—2007 was an extraordinary year for former vice president Al Gore, who received the highest honors in both film and humanitarianism for his tireless efforts in creating a visually pleasing, hour-long slide-show presentation using the popular computer program Keynote.

politics, satire, al-gore, keynote

What if Economic Conservatives Stay Home on Election Day?

Seeded on Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:49 PM EST (cato.org)

Hardly a day seems to pass without leaders of the Religious Right threatening that so-called "values voters" may not turn out to vote unless the Republican nominee is reliably conservative on issues like abortion or gay marriage.

politics, libertarian, cato, economic-conservatives

Why Ron Paul Can Win It All

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 8:47 AM EST (LewRockwell.com)

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's record $4.2 million fundraiser the other day was one for the record books. Even those in the mainstream media who have been consistently ridiculing him have, however begrudgingly, had to agree with that verdict.

politics, ron-paul, libertarian, 2008-election

The Media's Plan To Ambush Ron Paul

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 8:12 AM EST (LewRockwell.com)

First we stop the killing, and then we restore the Constitution. These are our two main priorities. And that's why I'm voting for Ron Paul. He is the only candidate (with a chance to win) who's promising to do both. And he'll keep his word.

politics, ron-paul, media, 2008-election

Political Scientists Discover New Form Of Government

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:51 PM EDT (The Onion)

WASHINGTON, DC—Political scientists at the Cato Institute announced Monday that they have inadvertently synthesized a previously theoretical form of government known as megalocracy.

politics, cato-institute, government, megalocracy, satire

How Ron Paul Could Win the Presidency – A Hypothetical Chronology

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:53 AM EDT (LewRockwell.com)

Considering his surprising 3rd quarter fundraising numbers and the media attention that has followed for Ron Paul, it is clear that he has a chance (however small) to win the Presidency.

politics, ron-paul, freedom, republican-party, hillary, 2008-election

What's Behind the Fed's Aggressive Interest-Rate Cut?

Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:23 AM EDT (mises.org)

On Tuesday September 18, US central bank policy makers surprised financial market players by cutting the federal funds rate target by 0.5% to 4.75%.

politics, interest-rates, bernanke, economy

The Song that Is Irresistible: How the State Leads People to Their Own Destruction

Seeded on Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:50 AM EDT (mises.org)

Margaret Atwood's poem "Siren Song" begins: This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls.

politics, mises, government, libertarian

Control Your Own Health Care:

Seeded on Wed Oct 3, 2007 8:51 AM EDT (Town Hall)

Candidates for president have plans to get more people health insurance. Some would compel us to buy it; others would use the tax code to encourage that. Regardless, insurance is the magic that will solve our health-care problems.

politics, stossel, bureaucracy, healthcare, nanny-state

Public Schooling's Divisive Effect

Seeded on Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:30 AM EDT (cato.org)

Public schooling, we are told, is the linchpin of American unity and democracy. "If common schools go, then we are no longer America," writes Paul D. Houston, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators.

politics, public-schools

Does Obesity Justify Big Government?

Seeded on Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:21 PM EDT (cato.org)

Last January, media outlets reported that cancer had overtaken heart disease as the number one killer in the United States. Sounds scary, no?

politics, obesity, nanny-state

Does Capitalism Make Us More Materialistic?

Seeded on Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:53 PM EDT (mises.org)

There was a time when the advocates of socialism argued that it would lead man to material abundance, whereas free-market capitalism would lead only to increasing misery and would ultimately collapse under its own internal stresses.

politics, mises, capitalism, communism, greed, materialism

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