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I attended a breakfast lecture by Bob Kohn this morning where he discussed his book Journalistic Fraud. He made the case that the NYT and other media outlets distort the news by how they report and what they include and

The book Freakonomics has been getting a lot of attention recently, and here’s a well done article by Max Borders on the original Freaks.

I’m on vacation in Europe. Will post more thoughts when I get back. Thanks for visiting my site!

That’s what Supreme Court Justice Kennedy would have said if he were impersonating the Big Lebowski. What he actually said was this: “Under our Commerce Clause jurisprudence, these regulations cannot stand.” Translation: It is now illegal for states to outlaw

I’m in Las Vegas this weekend for freedom fest. If you’re here, come see me speak about Silicon Valley libertarians at 4pm tomorrow.

Agenda includes the Telco Act of ’96, the Central America Free Trade Agreement, preserving stock options as compensation features, patent reform, and spyware. For more, see this story.

Now here’s a study we’ve all been waiting for — not only is red wine an antioxidant, but it might help with brain activity too.

That’s right, the French will feel the force before those of us over here in North America. Of course, the reason I discovered this is because I will be in Paris on May 18& 19, so when my North American

Here’s a neat web-based game that let’s players step into Arnold’s shoes for a while. How would you deal with California’s budget crisis?

Today, I posted my old mountain bike on Craig’s list at 2pm. By 3pm I had cash in hand and the bike out of my house. Gotta love it. Thanks, Craig.

They are out there and most of us don’t know about them because they operate within the shadowy confines of government rules and regulations. A prime example of one of these faux consumer groups is TURN — The Utility Reform

Well, I finally cut the last cord to a regular phone line. I installed a Vonage VoIP system in my home last night, and despite the somewhat unfriendly Linksys directions (not really made for someone with a wireless network), it’s

The newest geek trend is to attach a pedometer to oneself to see how many steps are taken in a day. I put mine on this morning, went to Starbucks and the bank, and now I’m up to 2046 steps.

There’s a restaurant in Chicago called Moto where the chef uses a Canon i560 inkjet printer to print images of sushi on pieces of edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch. The ink is food-based and organic. Neat idea. Here’s

You and yours can star in your own novel. Check it

Here’s an interesting take on presidential speeches from one of PRI’s board members, Clark Judge: “Reagan was symphonic: every range of meaning and tone,” Judge said. “Bush 41 was rock ‘n’ roll: simple driving beat. (Bill) Clinton was improvisational jazz:

This is a fascinating and important ruling on virtual property (thanks to Peter Harter for pointing it out to me). I would have expected something like this to happen in the litigious US first (and maybe it has and I

Read all about it here.

A supermarket chain in Seattle (Thriftway) has been allowing customers to use their fingerprints as an alternative method of payment. Debit and credit cards are connected in a database with customer’s fingerprints. To the surprise of some, this has been