individualism for the masses

BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.

He works from Charlottesville, Virginia as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute and managing editor of Mises.org.

He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante and a layabout, at least in spirit.

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"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."

Murray Rothbard

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pediatric paranoia

October 5th, 2007 by bkmarcus

Doc, what’s up with snooping?
Pediatrician paranoia runs deep
By Michael Graham | Thursday, October 4, 2007 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Op-Ed

They’re watching you right now.

They counted every beer you drank during last night’s Red Sox game.

They see you sneaking out to the garage for a smoke.

They know if you’ve got a gun, and where you keep it.

They’re your kids, and they’re the National Security Agency of the Nanny State.

I found this out after my 13-year-old daughter’s annual checkup. Her pediatrician grilled her about alcohol and drug abuse.

Not my daughter’s boozing. Mine.

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time to start making local copies

October 5th, 2007 by bkmarcus

Apropos the the last time I said “apropos,” Lew Rockwell just posted this to the LRC blog:

October 05, 2007
Operation Wikipedia
Posted by Lew Rockwell at October 5, 2007 08:17 AM

I linked to this great article on CIA manipulation of the mass media the other day. Now apparently the CIA, which was exposed recently as trying to “edit” articles about itself on Wikipedia, wants to put it down the memory hole. (Thanks to Gary North for the heads-up.)

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