On the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Having Been Considered Gods at the Time

American politicians would have loved it back then.

On Bill O'Reilly Being Saner and More Reasonable than Chris Matthews and Nancy Grace

Yes, but only in the same way that Phyllis Diller was prettier than Totie Fields and Ruth Buzzi.

On Fox's Judge Jeanine Pirro

Definitely an attractive and fit 60-something year-old. Just maybe one or two too many plastic surgeries, that's all.

On MSNBC's Ari Melber Claiming that Sergeant Bergdahl is Being "Swiftboated"

I dare this asshole to say that to the families of the six soldiers who lost their lives looking for this Bergdahl character.......And what in the hell is going on over at that network? I mean, I know that Fox has a fair-share of unsavory individuals in their own right but this stuff (the rantings of these guttersnipes; Schultz, Perry, Sharpton, Maddow, O'Donnell, etc.) is downright creepy.

Truman Reconsidered

I have consistently put Truman amongst my top five favorites Presidents (the fact that his economic policies ultimately deviated from both FDR and Keynes being one the primary reasons). But I have to admit that economist and historian, Ralph Raico, has certainly provided some interesting counterpoints and now I have at least a little pause...................................................................................The main point that Raico addressed was the fact that Truman (continuing to expand the power of the Presidency) took the country to war in Korea without a declaration from Congress and that this act set an extremely terrible precedent for subsequent American adventurism. He also feels that Mr. Truman greatly exaggerated the Soviet threat and that, while, yes, these folks certainly possessed nuclear weapons, their economy was a veritable basket-case (many of the hospitals didn't even have hot water, for Christ) and the amount of money that we spent on defense was monstrously excessive (former Reagan budget director, David Stockman has on numerous occasions said essentially the same) - hence, the Military Industrial Complex..................................................................................And, so, yeah, Truman, just like Presidents Reagan, FDR, TR, McKinley, Polk, and the rest of them is probably much more of a mixed-bag than I initially thought (though, yes, I would still probably put him in the top five mainly because the rest of the bunch is mostly putrid).

John Maynard Keyenes on the Inflationary Credit Boom of the 1920s

He actually didn't think that it went FAR ENOUGH (he and Alvin Hansen literally going as far as to think that the government could continue to run deficits right up to the point of full employment with zero price inflation) and it was Mises and pretty much Mises only who predicted the ultimate bust....Yet another huge win for the Austrians, folks.

The Quest to Make McGeorge Bundy Look Acceptable

So much for brown rice being better for you, huh?