Bryan Caplan at His Caplanesque Best - How lucky I am that Bryan is my colleague. ow.ly/1gE7o2

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 48 of Jacob Viner's 1960 article, in the Journal of Law & Economics, "The Intel... ow.ly/1gEOU0

Banking on What We Know That Ain’t So - Here's a letter to USA Today: Dismissing Ron Paul's case against the Fed, yo... ow.ly/1gEWt1

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 27 of the 1993 Liberty Fund reissue of the 1969 Cambridge University Press issu... ow.ly/1gG6uQ

Some Links - Mark Perry points us to yet further evidence that the basic laws of economics are not optional not ow.ly/1gGe0c

The Bane of Civilization - Here's a letter to the Wall Street Journal: It's no surprise that Newt Gingrich and Rick ... ow.ly/1gGDxF

Chapman surveys the field - Amusing and perceptive column from Steve Chapman on the weakness of the Republican field... ow.ly/1gGDxG

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 34 of Will and Ariel Durant's 1963 book The Age of Louis XIV; Marie Therese was... ow.ly/1gHg1X

Baker on the crisis - This week's EconTalk is Dean Baker on the crisis. Despite having very different ideologies, we... ow.ly/1gHqLa

Boettke on Austrian Economics - Here is a very nice interview with Pete Boettke. He talks about Austrian economics a... ow.ly/1gHqL9

Smart Gmail - How many times have you sent an email mentioning an attachment and forgotten to do the attaching? I' ow.ly/1gHviV

Even More Frightening than Infuriating… - is this opening paragraph in a report in today's New York Times: The Obama... ow.ly/1gHCCE

Only 99.9919 Percent to Go - Here's a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Pres. Obama proposes shaving 0.0081 percent... ow.ly/1gHP2F

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 24 of the late Robert Nozick's deep, difficult, and rewarding 2001 book Invaria... ow.ly/1gIpL5

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 8 of L. Albert Hahn's 1949 collection The Economics of Illusion; specifically, ... ow.ly/1gJiYR

Quotation of the Day… - is from page 18 of Mark Kishlansky's engaging 1996 book, A Monarchy Transformed: Britain 160... ow.ly/1gKjLe

Redistribute This - Here's a letter to the New York Times: On the same day that Paul Krugman agonizes over data that... ow.ly/1gKtTT

Taleb on antifragility - This week's EconTalk is a conversation with Nassim Taleb about a book in progress, Antifrag... ow.ly/1gKFaC

Paul Gregory writes - Two excellent posts from Paul Gregory's blog. In the first, he analyzes the recently released ... ow.ly/1gLyhH

Ancient Wisdom - Here's a letter to the New York Times: Bruce Bartlett usefully reflects on Pres. Obama's plan to me... ow.ly/1gLChE