The Spoiler, Killer Karl Kox and a Young Gary Hart

Bachmann's Crusade

Shikha Dalmia looks at the presidential candidate's latest tactic.

Hayek's Ghost

Haunts Julianne Hough.

Mises Wins the Nobel Prize

Sort of.

Flair's Agent Responds

Apparently, he hasn't read Flair's book, where the Nature boy himself says he has alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

Mass Transit

The private sector delivers.

Ric Flair Has Become Randy the Ram

Sad article about the Nature Boy.

Headline of the Day

From Greece.

The Rock and Jerry Bruckheimer Team Up

We can only hope this will be as good as "Learning the Ropes."

The Republican Reading List

The Washington Post looks at what the GOP's presidential contenders (say they) are reading.

RIP to the Wrestling Rabbi

Rafael Halperin was a noted Torah scholar and founder of Israel's largest optometry chain. He was also, briefly, a pro wrestling star in the 1950s in the Northeast United States. But with all due respect to the rabbi, the claims that he didn't do worked matches is hooey. There's video of him out there on Youtube, and he appears to have been pretty talented.

The Washington Post's Voodoo Economics

Russ Roberts dissects a recent article.

Meltdown

I just finished Tom Woods' book on the financial crisis/recession. It's an excellent primer for the lay audience on exactly what went wrong and what continues to go wrong.

UFC on Fox

Dave Meltzer has the details of the new network deal.

Brad DeLong Is an Ethics-Free Partisan Hack

Arnold Kling has the latest.

It Takes Balls to Execute an Innocent Man

Texas Gov. Rick Perry likely presided over the execution of an innocent man. When Kay Bailey Hutchison challenged him in the 2010 primary, she considered raising that issue, but a focus group of Republican voters found that killing innocent people actually impressed them.

The Best Songs of the 1980s?

No, ZZ Top?

Does This Make Ron Paul Rorschach?

former Enron adviser recommends alien invasion.

The Top 20 Political Contributors

Via Mark Perry.

The Fuhrer Principle

Mario Rizzo looks at how tired the left has become of democracy.

Obama and Hoover

Jonathan Bean compares two presidents.

Bedrock Must Have Been a Swinging Town

A Stone Age toe could rewrite the human family tree.

Left and Right Now Agree on Obama

The latest from Dalton's own Kyle Wingfield.

Home Prices Fall Again

We haven't seen the end of this.

Catch-22 at 50

The Cato Institute observes the 50th anniversary of the novel by posting an interview it did with Joseph Heller many years ago.

Tom Renesto - The Original Heel Promoter

Arrest First

Figure out if a crime has been committed later.

Still Longing for Camelot

Gene Healy looks at the remaining Obamaphiles.

More American Soldiers Have Died Under Obama Than in Bush's First Term

So where are all the antiwar protestors?

He's Forgotten Everything Ayn Rand Taught Him

Alan Greenspans says the United States won't default on its debt because it can always print more money.

Lemonade Stands and Immigrants

Conor Freidersdorf looks at what they have in common.

Poor Immigrants Are Leaving Los Angeles

For Atlanta.

Glamour Is Fading

Virginia Posttrel looks at Barack Obama's lack of charisma.

Defending Invasive Species

Some environmentalists ask why we should prefer native plants and animals.

Sunset Flip Into a Supflex

Whatever Happened to Joe Pedicino?

And Bonnie Blackstone.

From Serbia to Cape Cod

Jamie Kirchik reports that American students just can't hack it when it comes to seasonal work.

Texas Pride

One man has it.
HT: Radley Balko.

The Return of Salty Soup

Health nazis pressured Campbell's into reducing the salt in its canned soups. Customers didn't like it. Now, as Radley Balko notes, Campbell's is bringing back the salt.

Georgia Restaurants

They are reporting labor shortages.