Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Fact-Checking Fallacy

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

The media is obsessed with subjecting the Republican National Convention speeches to “fact-checking,” which as everyone knows is a special kind of media report that contains completely helpful, accurate, objective, independent, non-partisan analyses of things candidates say, as opposed to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Links

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

1. Obama did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, which in theory is a pretty big deal, illustrating the way modern technology allows a sitting president to cut through layers of separation and communicate directly with citizens all over … Continue reading →

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Fuel Efficiency Standards and a Hyperactive Government

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Yesterday Obama announced new fuel efficiency standards that “mandate an average fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon” by 2025. This is the sort of arbitrary government intervention that hits all the libertarian buttons – distorting the market, deceiving consumers, enhancing … Continue reading →

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August Outlook For Divided Government

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Earlier I explained why I’m not afraid of the fiscal cliff, which means I’m also not afraid of a gridlocked, partisan government making it happen. It actually looks like we have a good chance of getting the trifecta of divided … Continue reading →

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Everything You Need to Know About Last Week’s News #7

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

In reverse order of importance:

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Obama At The Movies

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

I heard there’s a new documentary about Obama that interviews a plethora of people from the President’s past and purports to present his putrid philosophy and the precarious possibilities for our posterity if his previous policies are permitted to persist … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning Cop

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Yesterday morning, there was a shooting in New York City by the Empire State Building that left two dead and nine wounded. We quickly learned that one man killed a former co-worker and was then killed by police. Tim Cavanaugh … Continue reading →

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Fiscalcliffmongering

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

First, we had the fiscal cliff. Now we have the fiscal clifflet. Expectations about the fiscal cliff mean we’re already sliding down it. And it’s steeper than we thought. I call all of this fiscalcliffmongering: spreading hype that an economic … Continue reading →

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