Magnitude Matters

. . . How to go down for the count. Let's make a boxing analogy for "appropriate" humor: Know your sparring partner; know when...

I have long been accused of being cynical, and while I will cop to it, I have always maintained that to the degree I am it is a good thing. ...

  Walter Williams, one of the greatest communicators and expositors of freedom and economics, passed away this week. While I never had the p...

To truly help those suffering from poverty (poverty of justice, poverty of spirit, poverty of options, poverty of opportunity, poverty of co...

Beware of false contradictions. It can be the case that: One is against the drug war (wants to completely legalize all drugs)   and i...

Consider: Are some populations less susceptible to (severe) infection? Is there a genetic, cultural, experienced condition that could be...

Partial list of serious problems where too many of us are unreasonably unwilling to accept the clearly best solutions*:  Climate change...

Kojak. Bang! Bang! Virginia Postrel gives us four questions courtesy of FIRE to ask prospective universities regarding their attitudes o...

Almost three years later, I  along with tens of thousands of Americans  have now received back the money we had on deposit with FullTilt.com...