Movie Review: War
This film, which managed to bestir my interest just a bit because of the casting of Jet Li and...
Aug 31st
Gene and Wabulon under the San Francisco...
(While scanning this, the HP photo softw3are offered me the option to “Smoothen...
Aug 30th
The Kingdoms and the Tastes
How many of you learned in school that the living world is divided into two kingdoms, the plants and...
Aug 29th
Existence
This is not going to be an angst-filled, exisential post. Rather I’m puzzling over the use of...
Aug 29th
Foreign Policy Debate at Freedom Fest
This clip of Doug Casey is a riot. (If you want to see the whole debate they’re compiled...
Aug 28th
Differentials Again Again
On reflection, I think I prefer this version of the “theorem”: Theorem: Any twice differentiable...
Aug 28th
Where's my financial privacy?
I’m getting sick and tired of making billion dollar bets against the European stock market,...
Aug 28th
Murphy to Speak in NYC
Make your plans, guys and gals, I’m going to be speaking at the mysterious Victor...
Aug 28th
Brooklyn News
My street in the Times. Also, the latest Brookyln fashion is the dog hat: (via Crash Landing)
Aug 28th
Another One from the Vaults
Sandy Ikeda and I take on Robert Moses. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 27th
Like Cornish, They're Practically...
According to CNN, Chinese and Arabic are little known languages. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 26th
Criticizing Science
My recent article on IQ and the Wealth of Nations at mises.org produced some interesting commentary....
Aug 26th
Differentials Again
Thousands of you have begged me to strip the camouflage from “Differentials for Dummies”...
Aug 26th
links for 2007-08-26
A Very Short History of Mathematics “Cauchy’s theorem is very important, but is...
Aug 25th
Pessimism Song
I don’t remember what I said, And the morning sun is red. It’s far too late to ask a...
Aug 25th
The Latest Trend in Child Care
Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas (via Crash Landing)
Aug 25th
links for 2007-08-25
Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe “Welcome to Web War one.” ...
Aug 24th
A Lesson I Learned the Hard Way
If you are going to accidentally dial the 800 number that is for TTY/TDD, don’t hold the phone...
Aug 24th
Critter Rights
Gene Healy discusses animal rights. My response: I just think this is a matter of degree. Look, if...
Aug 24th
links for 2007-08-24
Time and the Hour Running Through Rough Days It’s surprisingly difficult to...
Aug 23rd
Optimism Song
Well, I always wanted to be dead, Or at least that’s what I’ve said. I cannot believe...
Aug 23rd
Differentials for Dummies
This is (I think) too good to be hidden as comment #3 under “An Uncomfortable Teacher”. Here’s...
Aug 23rd
Cable TV Guide
Here. My favorite: 9:00 pm on Animal Planet: The Crocodile Botherer. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 23rd
The Vietnamese...
talk sense on Iraq. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 23rd
links for 2007-08-23
Life After Poincare: Grigori Perelman (Part 1 of n) After proving the Poincaré...
Aug 22nd
I May Take a Hostage...
…if I don’t soon figure out Word 2007’s spacing. I just highlighted everything in...
Aug 22nd
A Bit Much
Wow… Skim this article posted on the “Family Security Matters” website (before...
Aug 22nd
People abusing animals
–Why didn’t the player’s union defend Michael Vick? Writer inadvertently reveals the essence of...
Aug 22nd
Why A Free Society Would Kick Butt
Gene and I spend a lot of our free time (and boy do we have lots) thinking about how cool the free...
Aug 22nd
I Report, You Decide
The question of the day: Outraged over the Jose Padilla conviction, did Paul Craig Roberts mislead...
Aug 21st
Movie Review: The King of Kong
I attended a special preview screening of the upcoming documentary The King of Kong. It turned out...
Aug 21st
Nut Job Ron Paul Supporters
Oh, Ron Paul came in 3rd place with almost 19% of the vote in the Illinois straw poll. Did you hear...
Aug 21st
Another Straw Poll, Not Widely Reported
It made national headlines when Mitt Romney won the Iowa straw poll. Granted, it’s not nearly...
Aug 21st
Gene Shows Off His High IQ
…in this review of a silly book. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 21st
Fun Fed Facts
Readings to understand the current financial mess (via Austrian business cycle theory). (via Crash...
Aug 20th
fake Harry Potter in China
“Here, the global Harry Potter phenomenon has mutated into something altogether Chinese: a...
Aug 19th
An Uncomfortable Teacher
Part of my difficulty in teaching intro economics classes was that in order to dumb the material...
Aug 18th
Clergy Enlisted to Keep Us Calm During...
This is a pretty spooky story. Although it’s an obvious sore spot between atheist and...
Aug 18th
Mr. Market
In honor of this week’s market volatility, I search the vaults to bring you: “Mr....
Aug 18th
links for 2007-08-17
A failure in generalship “For the second time in a generation, the United States...
Aug 16th
The Nurturing Fed
I love the way the media reports Fed rate cuts: ‘“What everyone’s waiting for now...
Aug 16th
links for 2007-08-16
Blows Against the Empire “There are many books with unreliable narrators under...
Aug 15th
A Former Student Reviews My Book
Here. I think he consciously chose to go easy on me, since there is no criticism and this guy is...
Aug 14th
links for 2007-08-14
The Road to Clarity Very interesting story of the development of a new typeface...
Aug 13th
Watch
More weirdness from Japan.
Aug 13th
Murphy Four-Play Monday
This is rare folks, but the stars have aligned such that I have a wall of multimedia propaganda for...
Aug 13th
Weirdest Job Ever
“It was an hour before midnight, three hours into the night shift with nine more to go. At his...
Aug 12th
The Man Tries to Keep Down Ron Paul
Tom Woods’ column alerted me to this ridiculous ploy by ABC News to misrepresent the strength...
Aug 11th
Major Breakthrough in International...
Here. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 11th
Not in Service
Not in Service To the town of Not in Service In the state of At This Time I have gone while I sing...
Aug 10th
Question for Today
Is the blepharoplast a centrosome? (via Crash Landing)
Aug 10th
Cryptic Events
Why do they keep this crypt in a cage? Because of what pops out of it as the sun goes down: (via...
Aug 10th
Terrifying News about Iran
Here. (via Crash Landing)
Aug 10th
links for 2007-08-10
Bonds, Mantle and disappointment “[G]ive me the guy maybe doctoring his...
Aug 9th
Watch
Baby Wee Wee Doll…
Aug 9th
The Military Breaks Down Prejudices?
We often hear how great the military is at integration. Well maybe. But in this shocking story, we...
Aug 8th
Dennis Prager Deomstrates His Command of...
Here: “Of course, there are known conspiracies — Osama bin Laden and others conspired in...
Aug 7th
Meet the Verifier
This NYT article suffers from all such news pieces, that it’s not technical enough for you to...
Aug 7th
Hugh Hewitt Stands on Principle...
to crush it beneath his feet, as he chastizes Democrats for “exploting the tragedy.”...
Aug 4th
On "Carried Interest" by Hedge Funds, On...
Details here. And ironically, my name on the front page was right below Jonah Goldberg’s. He...
Aug 4th
Watch
Jake Brown falls 40+ feet & walks away !! X-Games 13 Big Air
Aug 4th
links for 2007-08-04
California voting systems code review now released “The problems we found in the...
Aug 3rd
Well, Who Hasn't...
navigated a revolutionary era sub through New York harbor? My friend Duke Reilly makes a splash...
Aug 3rd
Modern "Enlightened" Murderous Eugenics...
Responding to Julian’s comment: perhaps I have misrepresented the thrust of Ross’ point,...
Aug 3rd
Terrorists Strike Minneapolis
This was apparently the work of an obscure sect called “the Minnesota DOT.” (via Crash...
Aug 2nd
links for 2007-08-02
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Freetards in deep denial Inspired. ...
Aug 1st
"Voluntary abortion isn't murder,...
Ross Douthat writes about the supporters of selective abortion of genetically abnormal fetuses:...
Aug 1st