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I don't think we needed a study to tell us that cities harm people's brains and make them stupider, but it can't hurt.

Israel expands assault to the south. And to the internet.

Senate refuses to seat Blagojevich's nominee Burris.

Nancy Pelosi to repeal House fairness rules and return to the traditionally opaque and corrupt Democrat rules. The Obama Democrats, who like to pretend they're tolerant, will tolerate no dissension. NBC bans Ann Coulter for life because she writes about media bias and criticizes Obama. Liberals are soooo tolerant.

Madoff victims want government bailout.

Boortz explains that what Obama and the press is trying to sell as tax cuts are really welfare checks. Which is what they are. Obama is not cutting tax rates for anybody. This is not a tax cut but vote buying, pure and simple.

Global sea ice is at the same level it was 29 years ago. Natural climate cycles are making the earth colder again. The global warmers are wrong about everything. Warming is good for people and life in general. Cooling kills. It's too bad north pole ice didn't melt. Having a northern sea route for trade would have enriched the world dramatically.

Now that Democrats are in charge, thank goodness some are backing off of card check. Let's hope this monstrosity of coercion fails.

This story exposes the myth of the moderate and peaceful Iranian population. 70,000 Iranian students have signed up to become suicide bombers against Israel. I don't care if it's for propaganda or not. These people aren't sane, yet they control Iran and are developing nuclear weapons.

European auto makers expand into the US. That's because the US has the most productive workers in the world, as long as they don't belong to the UAW.

Interesting article on White House operations.

Newark, NJ bans barb wire because it hurts trespassers. Duh. That's what it's supposed to do. It's called a deterent, and if a criminal gets cut on it, it's his or her own fault.

Because so many American kids are overweight, the army had to add a waiver program to recruit overweight kids.

DHS records of traveler revealed with FOIA request.

Cato warns against using military for domestic security.

Cato remembers a long list of corrupt politicians and explains that the political process breeds corruption. Laws and investigations won't fix it. The only way to limit it is to limit the power of government.

75 year old essay describing the futility of voting in America because the 2 parties are essentially the same. I'm not surprised this isn't a new problem.

Mises scholar gives a 13 point account of this economic crisis from the low interest rates that sparked it to the crash, comparing it to Austrian school predictions of the business cycle. The Austrians are right on. Another Mises scholar explains that Bernanke and Co. are treating the symptoms of our economic problems, not the root cause, and further damaging the economy in the process. This is why I keep demanding Bernanke's resignation. Along with Greenspan, he got us in this mess, and now he's making it worse.