My first Broken Window Award nomination of 2007 goes to Michael E. Kanell of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, not because he gets the war/economy equation so wrong, but because Tom Woods gave him every opportunity to get it right:

I got the impression during our conversation that the author understood the traditional what-is-seen and what-is-not-seen argument I made, yet anyone walking away from this article would probably conclude that war really is a nice if unfortunate source of stimulus.

I do object to this characterization of what I said: “The idea that war is an economic stimulus is especially suspect if the economy is already in decent shape, said Thomas Woods Jr….” I never said any such thing; whether the economy is in decent shape or lousy shape, war is not a boon, period.

Here’s a word I wish I’d already known:

This week’s theme from A.W.A.D:

Little strokes make a letter and those letters come together to form words.
We assign meanings to the words. Often they express simple ideas: tree,
rock, water, and so on. Sometimes a word describes a more complex idea.

Have you ever found yourself wondering, “Wouldn’t it be nice if there were
a word for it?” Well, there is a word for almost everything under the sun.
This week we have dug up five words you may not have known existed.