What a mess. Sigh... The only really good news is that this site is pretty handy. Also, Kansas really has their act together with e-file. [...]

Does Austrian economics understand financial crises better than other schools of thought? But... ack! Austrian economics: School of economic thought originating in Austria in the [...]

Four dead in Anacortes refinery explosion and fire The Woman Who Just Might Save the Planet and Our Pocketbooks. What if our economy was not [...]

David Brooks predicts the death and rebirth of economics: The Return of History. Why comedy might make someone a good politician: "There’s a simple rule: [...]

Not terribly brilliant or original, but: The reason you shouldn't argue with TSA folks (e.g., about how many carry-ons you can bring on-board a flight [...]

Airborne bears to catch bin Laden, and other letters to the Pentagon. Letter #1: "Bears have scent detection that is far superior to bloodhounds! Trained [...]

Nature Conservancy's carbon footprint calculator. How the G.O.P. Goes Green (Lindsey Graham) Senators to propose abandoning cap-and-trade Hayhoe's dairy paper in PNAS South Dakota legislators [...]

U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion Gregoire proposes new taxes on soda, water, candy The Ethical [...]

Meghan McCain passes the GOP "purity test" but is seriously confused about economics and market-based environmental policy: [I support] market-based energy reforms by opposing cap-and-trade [...]

$2.6 billion gap in state budget prompts Dems to look at taxes. But not carbon taxes. They are looking at a pollution tax that opponents [...]